--- Gabe Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Irrespective of the effects, the War on Iraq was >illegal. >
The effects are not very pleasing either, unless all one cares about is a nominal democracy under foreign military occupation. Here are the titles, relevant excerpts and links of a couple of recent articles in the same newspaper that might give some critical insight into the situation on the ground: THIS IS OUR GUERNICA Ruined, cordoned Falluja is emerging as the decade's monument to brutality by Jonathan Steele and Dahr Jamail Wednesday April 27, 2005 RELEVANT EXCERPT: "In the 1930s the Spanish city of Guernica became a symbol of wanton murder and destruction. In the 1990s Grozny was cruelly flattened by the Russians; it still lies in ruins. This decade's unforgettable monument to brutality and overkill is Falluja, a text-book case of how not to handle an insurgency, and a reminder that unpopular occupations will always degenerate into desperation and atrocity." http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1471011,00.html IRAQ INSURGENCY GATHERS PACE Attacks on increase after lull, says US general by Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington Thursday April 28, 2005 RELEVANT EXCERPT: "Washington had hoped that the elections would serve as a turning point for Iraq and that the high turnout at the ballot box would bring some stability. But the Pentagon's figures suggested that while US troops have suffered fewer casualties in recent weeks, the overall level of violence remains the same as last year notwithstanding the spikes in Najaf and Falluja. The past week has seen a rise in attacks to 50 or 60 a day: bombings, shootings, rocket and mortar attacks." http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1471801,00.html Cheers, Santosh