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By Dahr Jamail
The blasts of mortars exploding in the so-called “Green Zone” are thumping out my window as I type tonight. The blades of military helicopters chop the air as they circle above the area looking for, well, looking for something.
“I know what they are doing to us-they are putting is in a big jail. First they close the borders with Syria and now Jordan, so we are trapped in Iraq,” says Salam. “Now they put a curfew on Baghdad. This is the first. The second is that the highway bridge connecting us to the west of Baghdad is bombed. Another bridge that leads to the south (Kerbala, Hilla, Najaf) was bombed. And now the other highway south to Amara, Nasiriya and Basra is blocked.”
“So all they have left to close is the highway to Diala…when that last one is closed, we are locked in to Baghdad,” explains Salam, his face stoic but concerned, “We are in. This is our life here man.”
Kathy Kelly talked to Nora Barrows-Friedman of Flashpoints on Pacifica Radio on November 3rd. This is Kathy’s take on how we move forward toward a just and sustainable future.
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By Dahr Jamail
Yesterday the full siege of Falluja began after getting the green light from the so-called interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi. Using the same rhetoric as his master, Mr. Bush, he spoke of bringing justice to Falluja, killing the terrorists, etc., etc., ad nauseum.
Yesterday martial law was enacted across Iraq (excluding the Kurdish controlled north), but today Allawi laid out six steps for implementing his “security law,” which entails a 6pm curfew imposed on Falluja, all highways closed except for emergencies and government vehicles, General Institutions to be closed, a ban of all weapons in Falluja, the Iraqi borders with Syria and Jordan to be closed except for food trucks and vehicles carrying other necessary goods, and the closing of Baghdad International Airport for 48 hours. This is what freedom and democracy look like in liberated Iraq today.
Reaction in Baghdad?
