It’s a helluva hoot. … It’s a lot of fun to shoot some people.

––  Lieutenant General James L Mattis, United states Marine Corps

       United States Marines Corps Major General Richard F. Natonski (private mercenary), commander of the First Marine Division begins a bombardment of Fallujah, Iraq with depleted uranium (U-238) tipped artillery shells.  One of his first objectives is the destruction of all hospitals in the city.

       NOTE: Although the main stream media extensively covered the siege, they did not report war crimes such as the cessation of water and electricity, helicopter gun-ships strafing civilians attempting to flee across the Euphrates River, or even the preborn child of Artica Salim being ripped from her body when a phosphors bomb hit her home.

       Postscript: At the end of eight months of shelling radiation levels exceeded those of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.  This led to an overwhelming increase in infant mortality, various cancers and birth defects—including a baby born with two heads.

       Question: Is it any wonder why they hate us?

       [restored 12/30/2023] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.

Subsequent Events:

11/9/2004                 4/12/2006                  3/4/2007

References:

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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