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Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera: 'Fallujah still bears the scars of war; skeletons continue to be pulled from the rubble of bombed buildings, and, worse, rates of birth defects and childhood malformations have skyrocketed. There is evidence of reconstruction, but shortages of electricity and clean water remain prevalent. The overall mood in the city is one of anger, hopelessness, and fear.'

http://www.truth-out.org/seven-years-after-sieges-fallujah-struggles/1325615444



Debacle! How Two Wars in the Greater Middle East Revealed the Weakness of the Global Superpower

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch: 'It was to be the war that would establish empire as an American fact. It would result in a thousand-year Pax Americana. It was to be 'mission accomplished' all the way. And then, of course, it wasn t. And then, almost nine dismal years later, it was over (sorta).'

http://www.truth-out.org/debacle-how-two-wars-greater-middle-east-revealed-weakness-global-superpower/1325607241



Fallujah Babies: Birth Defects Blamed on US Weapons

Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera English: ''The environment could be contaminated by chemical weapons and depleted uranium from the aftermath of the war on Iraq,' Dr. Alwachi told Al Jazeera. The US and UK militaries have sent mixed signals about the effects of depleted uranium, but Iraqi doctors like Alwachi and Alani, and along with researchers, blame the increasing cancer and birth defect rates on the weapon.''

http://www.truth-out.org/fallujah-babies-birth-defects-blamed-us-weapons/1325877537

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The Children of Fallujah

The Hospital of Horrors

By Robert Fisk

Stillbirths, disabilities, deformities too distressing to describe, what lies behind the torments in Fallujah General Hospital?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31189.htm



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