Fallujah, Safest City In Irac???

[copper13]

:confused: FALLUJAH, Iraq (news - web sites) - Piles of rubble still line the streets here, but a few shops have opened on the main drag, schools are finally in session and a compensation program to help families rebuild made some token initial payments this month.

Four months after the assault on Fallujah, in the center of Iraq's Sunni Muslim heartland, American forces working to rebuild the city say they're seeing some progress, albeit limited, in a city that's still blockaded and under a curfew.

Even a little progress is an important development in a city that's been a major test for the American presence in Iraq. On March 31, 2004, four U.S. contractors were ambushed and killed here, setting off a battle when U.S. Marines tried unsuccessfully to dislodge the insurgent forces that had taken control of the city...

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/11195066.htm

[Stash]

BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 22 - Ordinary Iraqis rarely strike back at the insurgents who terrorize their country. But just before noon today, a carpenter named Dhia saw a troop of masked gunmen with grenades coming towards his shop and decided he had had enough.

As the gunmen emerged from their cars, Dhia and his young relatives shouldered their own AK-47's and opened fire, police and witnesses said. In the fierce gun battle that followed, three of the insurgents were killed, and the rest fled just after the police arrived. Two of Dhia's young nephews and a bystander were injured, the police said.


http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/22/international/middleeast/22cnd-iraq.html?hp&ex=1111554000&en=db2b418ec89abb71&ei=5094&partner=homepage

That will teach them.

[copper13]

The iraq people have tasted freedom, and are now willing to fight for it! this is great news. lets hope it spreds to the rest of the country?

[drtymnky]

BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 22 - Ordinary Iraqis rarely strike back at the insurgents who terrorize their country. But just before noon today, a carpenter named Dhia saw a troop of masked gunmen with grenades coming towards his shop and decided he had had enough.

As the gunmen emerged from their cars, Dhia and his young relatives shouldered their own AK-47's and opened fire, police and witnesses said. In the fierce gun battle that followed, three of the insurgents were killed, and the rest fled just after the police arrived. Two of Dhia's young nephews and a bystander were injured, the police said.


http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/22/international/middleeast/22cnd-iraq.html?hp&ex=1111554000&en=db2b418ec89abb71&ei=5094&partner=homepage

That will teach them.

Thats what I'm talking about! Kick those cowards out of the country! ;)

[Stash]

This man actions might very well become contagious.

Were talking a regular Iraqi citizen here.

I hope he sleeps with one eye open. He sounds like he and his family are not going to take it anymore. What a hero.

If in his shoes I would hope to be so brave.

[drtymnky]

True heros of his people. They are tired of it all. This is very good!

[Dinaress]

thanks Stash i needed to hear about brave patriotic citizens standing their ground!