Horrors of Falluja --- not an American concern. next ... On Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 9:42:03 AM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > http://dailym.ai/2902R5X > > > ‘My son asked me to kill him because he was so hungry he couldn't take it > anymore’: Iraqis reveal the horrors of Fallujah under ISIS and say they > won't return even though the city is liberated > > - *Iraqi forces have liberated the city of Fallujah in Iraq from ISIS > control * > - *But despite declaring area jihadi free, residents are fearful to > return to city* > - *Many are still in refugee camps where they are struggling for food > and water * > > By Jennifer Newton for MailOnline > <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Jennifer+Newton+for+MailOnline> > > and Afp Reporter > <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Afp+Reporter> > > Published: 00:42 EST, 28 June 2016 > > > > When her five-year-old son asked her to kill him because he was too > hungry, Umm Issam knew she would never return to Fallujah if she was able > to leave. > > Iraqi forces may have wrapped up operations in the city and declared the > area free of jihadists from ISIS after a month-long operation. > > The government said the destruction caused by the fighting was limited and > vowed to do its utmost to allow the tens of thousands of displaced > civilians to return to their homes. > > [image: Description: An Iraqi woman displaced from the city of Fallujah > carries a child at a newly opened camp where hundreds of Iraqis are taking > shelter] > > - SHARE PICTURE > - > - > - > - > - > > Copy link to paste in your message > > +4 > > An Iraqi woman displaced from the city of Fallujah carries a child at a > newly opened camp where hundreds of Iraqis are taking shelter > > But despite more than two years under the tyrannic rule of ISIS and months > of a siege that starved the population, mother-of-nine Umm, 42, said she > could never be happy in Fallujah again. > > She explained: 'My son asked me to kill him because he was so hungry he > couldn't take it anymore... By God that's what he said. He's five.' > > Months earlier, she had a miscarriage in Fallujah hospital when an air > strike hit a nearby building and caused panic. > > She added: 'I was so scared, it was chaos, I miscarried. I was expecting > twins. I lost my twins... I had gone to hospital because I had no food,' > she said, holding one of her nine other children. > > Behind her, in one of the ever-expanding displacement camps in Amriyat > al-Fallujah, the Norwegian Refugee Council was conducting a delivery of > basic goods for new arrivals. > > The basic package, meant for a family housed in a single tent, consisted > of six mattresses, a cooking kit, a camping lamp, a sheet of tarpaulin, an > empty water container and brown tape. > > [image: Description: Iraqi displaced from the city of Fallujah queue up to > collect aid distributed by the Norwegian Refugee Council at a newly opened > camp] > > - SHARE PICTURE > - > - > - > - > - > > Copy link to paste in your message > > +4 > > Iraqi displaced from the city of Fallujah queue up to collect aid > distributed by the Norwegian Refugee Council at a newly opened camp > > 'It's hot and dusty here, there isn't enough water or food, but we can > survive,' said Umm. > > 'I don't want to go back. It has been through so much -- the Americans, > Al-Qaeda, Daesh (ISIS), starvation... And I don't know what's next but this > city is cursed, I'm not going back.' > > Her husband has been detained for screening since they reached the camp on > June 16. > > And while military operations in the area are all but over, the > humanitarian crisis is peaking and the number of displaced is continuing to > grow. > > Temperatures topping 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) combined with a > lack of basic goods and even shelter for some of the displaced families > have prompted aid groups to warn of an impending disaster. > > Kefieh Saleh has been in the same camp 10 days and her family still does > not have a tent to sleep under. > > 'My husband, as we speak, is working for the camp to help set up tents but > we don't have one of our own. Can you imagine?,' she said. > > She and her children share the grounds of the camp's prefab mosque and > have been sleeping outside, sitting on a dirty black blanket with their > backs propped up against the wall. > > 'Our area is not safe, and I don't believe it'll get better,' said the > woman, from the Saqlawiya area northwest of Fallujah. > > [image: Description: Members of the Iraqi police force celebrate on a > street in western Fallujah after driving ISIS out of the city ] > > - SHARE PICTURE > - > - > - > - > - > > Copy link to paste in your message > > +4 > > Members of the Iraqi police force celebrate on a street in western > Fallujah after driving ISIS out of the city > > [image: Description: While military operations in the area are all but > over, the humanitarian crisis is peaking and the number of displaced is > continuing to grow] > > - SHARE PICTURE > - > - > - > - > - > > Copy link to paste in your message > > +4 > > While military operations in the area are all but over, the humanitarian > crisis is peaking and the number of displaced is continuing to grow > > In his victory speech from central Fallujah Sunday, Prime Minister Haider > al-Abadi said a demining effort was needed before civilians could return. > > 'God willing, we will bring them back to their areas after we guarantee > that the houses are safe and not booby-trapped,' he said. > > Sectarian dynamics are also an obstacle to the return of displaced > residents filling overwhelmed camps around Fallujah. > > 'Many of the men have disappeared, some of our neighbours were slaughtered > by the Hashed al-Shaabi,' she said. > > She was referring to a paramilitary umbrella dominated by Iran-backed > Shiite militia that have been accused of being driven by the desire for > revenge against Fallujah's Sunni population. > > Witnesses, local officials and rights groups have reported > sectarian-tainted abuses by Hashed forces that were in charge of clearing > Fallujah's outlying areas in the early stages of the operation. > > 'I'm not sure what happened to our house yet but in any case it's like > living in a military area out there, I'm afraid of what can happen,' she > said. > > 'In God's name I won't go back, I'll look for another place that's safe. > Maybe Arbil or Sulaimaniyah in Kurdistan.' > > > > Read more: > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3663368/IS-gone-Fallujans-shun-return-cursed-city.html#ixzz4CsLqDMVe > > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link> > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmNzdjamgxBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NjcxMTY1MjY-> > > > > [image: Yahoo! 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