TV coverage of combat operations banned by Afghan government

Afghan government censors news coverage

So it is legitimate to block certain news here but not there, what a hypocrite group of demagogue, where is champion of free speech hiding this time, where is google stand this time?

BY all accounts there is a missing weapons dump that had been stored and raided from Falluhja.
Tuwaitha also stored hundreds of tons of 35% mid grade and some 95% pure yellow cake!
Some of that store is missing and as Falluja was a hot bed of Jihadist activity it stands to reason some of this misery was brought to the people of Falluja.
It could also be some heavy pay back for the death, and defacement of four Blackwater employees.

Want to Know Why

The Taliban fighters are better looking than their opposition; when people see them, especially women, they could turn their hearts, and they would shelter them and feed them.

Untrue.

I don’t believe we are there with them and we can blame the Taliban for theirs behave. We may be the worsen the side. If you weren’t there don’t say will be better then make it up.

Taliban deserves no notice

let them do their own dirty work.. They condem the west but still want the privileges of western technologies.. Use carrier pigions i say .. you are heading back to the stone age..

free speech

In times of war, there is no such thing as free speech. During the invasion of Iraq, the first thing that got controlled was the newsmedia. Information can be used as a weapon to demoralize the population. This happened during the Vietnam war, where the media demoralised the population and as a consequence, it speeded up the process of the American soldier exiting Vietnam. The media can also give militairy intelligence information to the enemy without intent to do so. The Government can also use the media as a propaganda tool, to indoctrinate the population.
In times of war, the first victim is the truth.

How many time do the criminals say, lil bush is gone, forget it

Its time to forget the war and send the war back to lil bush and his gang.

He’s gone no need for war or justice.

lil bush is gone but is he??

Disturbing story of Falluja’s birth defects

By John Simpson
BBC News, Falluja

Six years after the intense fighting began in the Iraqi town of Falluja between US forces and Sunni insurgents, there is a disturbingly large number of cases of birth defects in the town.

Falluja is less than 40 miles (65km) from Baghdad, but it can still be dangerous to get to.

As a result, there has been no authoritative medical investigation, certainly by any Western team, into the allegations that the weapons used by the Americans are still causing serious problems.

The Iraqi government line is that there are only one or two extra cases of birth defects per year in Falluja, compared with the national average.

'Daily cases'

But in the impressive new Falluja General Hospital, built with American aid, we found a paediatric specialist, Dr Samira al-Ani, who told us that she saw two or three new cases every day.

Most of them, she said, exhibited cardiac problems.

' I have nothing documented. But I can tell you that year by year the number [is] increasing '
Dr Samira al-Ani Falluja General Hospital
When asked what the cause was, she said: 'I am a doctor. I have to be scientific in my talk. I have nothing documented. But I can tell you that year by year, the number (is) increasing.'

The specialist, like other medical staff at the hospital, seemed nervous about talking too openly about the problem.

They were well aware that what they said went against the government version, and we were told privately that the Iraqi authorities are anxious not to embarrass the Americans over the issue.

There are no official figures for the incidence of birth defects in Falluja.

The US military authorities are absolutely correct when they say they are not aware of any official reports indicating an increase in birth defects in Falluja - no official reports exist.

Mothers warned

But it is impossible, as a visitor, not to be struck by the terrible number of cases of birth defects there.

We heard many times that officials in Falluja had warned women that they should not have children.

We went to a clinic for the disabled, and were given details of dozens upon dozens of cases of children with serious birth defects.

One photograph I saw showed a newborn baby with three heads.

While we were at the clinic, people kept arriving with children who were suffering major problems - a little girl with only one arm, several children who were paralysed, and another girl with a spinal condition so bad I asked my cameraman not to film her.

At the clinic we were told that the worst problems were to be found in the neighbourhood of al-Julan, near the river.

This was the heart of the resistance to the Americans during the two major offensives of April and September 2004, and was hit constantly by bombs and shells.

River water

We went to a house where three children, all under six, were suffering from birth defects.

Two boys were partially paralysed, and their sister clearly had serious brain damage.

Like all the other parents we spoke to, their mother had no doubt that the American attacks were responsible.

Outside, a man who had heard we were there had brought his four-year-old daughter to show us. She had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot.

She was also suffering from a number of other serious health problems. The father told us that the house where they still lived had been hit by an American shell during the fighting in 2004.

There may well be a link with drinking-water, especially in al-Julan.

After the fighting was over, the rubble from the town was bulldozed into the river bank, and most people in this area get their water from the river.

The true causes of the problem, and the question of the effects of the weapons the Americans used, can be resolved only by a proper independent inquiry by medical experts.

And until the security situation in and around Falluja improves, it will be difficult to carry that out.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/8548961.stm

Published: 2010/03/04 10:00:17 GMT

© BBC MMX

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Disturbing story of Falluja’s birth defects

By John Simpson
BBC News, Falluja

Six years after the intense fighting began in the Iraqi town of Falluja between US forces and Sunni insurgents, there is a disturbingly large number of cases of birth defects in the town.

Falluja is less than 40 miles (65km) from Baghdad, but it can still be dangerous to get to.

As a result, there has been no authoritative medical investigation, certainly by any Western team, into the allegations that the weapons used by the Americans are still causing serious problems.

The Iraqi government line is that there are only one or two extra cases of birth defects per year in Falluja, compared with the national average.

'Daily cases'

But in the impressive new Falluja General Hospital, built with American aid, we found a paediatric specialist, Dr Samira al-Ani, who told us that she saw two or three new cases every day.

Most of them, she said, exhibited cardiac problems.

' I have nothing documented. But I can tell you that year by year the number [is] increasing '
Dr Samira al-Ani Falluja General Hospital
When asked what the cause was, she said: 'I am a doctor. I have to be scientific in my talk. I have nothing documented. But I can tell you that year by year, the number (is) increasing.'

The specialist, like other medical staff at the hospital, seemed nervous about talking too openly about the problem.

They were well aware that what they said went against the government version, and we were told privately that the Iraqi authorities are anxious not to embarrass the Americans over the issue.

There are no official figures for the incidence of birth defects in Falluja.

The US military authorities are absolutely correct when they say they are not aware of any official reports indicating an increase in birth defects in Falluja - no official reports exist.

Mothers warned

But it is impossible, as a visitor, not to be struck by the terrible number of cases of birth defects there.

We heard many times that officials in Falluja had warned women that they should not have children.

We went to a clinic for the disabled, and were given details of dozens upon dozens of cases of children with serious birth defects.

One photograph I saw showed a newborn baby with three heads.

While we were at the clinic, people kept arriving with children who were suffering major problems - a little girl with only one arm, several children who were paralysed, and another girl with a spinal condition so bad I asked my cameraman not to film her.

At the clinic we were told that the worst problems were to be found in the neighbourhood of al-Julan, near the river.

This was the heart of the resistance to the Americans during the two major offensives of April and September 2004, and was hit constantly by bombs and shells.

River water

We went to a house where three children, all under six, were suffering from birth defects.

Two boys were partially paralysed, and their sister clearly had serious brain damage.

Like all the other parents we spoke to, their mother had no doubt that the American attacks were responsible.

Outside, a man who had heard we were there had brought his four-year-old daughter to show us. She had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot.

She was also suffering from a number of other serious health problems. The father told us that the house where they still lived had been hit by an American shell during the fighting in 2004.

There may well be a link with drinking-water, especially in al-Julan.

After the fighting was over, the rubble from the town was bulldozed into the river bank, and most people in this area get their water from the river.

The true causes of the problem, and the question of the effects of the weapons the Americans used, can be resolved only by a proper independent inquiry by medical experts.

And until the security situation in and around Falluja improves, it will be difficult to carry that out.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/8548961.stm

Published: 2010/03/04 10:00:17 GMT

© BBC MMX

Print Sponsor

Trying to blame the US forces, GirlyBoyJihad? Just speculating and condedmning without any evidence?

Typical of you and your ilk, GirlyBoyJihad. No proof, just speculation, so you condemn those you hate.

Try getting some proof first, like logical people.

Gotta stop those drones at any cost.

Google is complaining they can't get into Afghanistan

Let’s hear it from google and the hypocrite secretary of state Clintoon.

lil bil's 'expert' answer as always, 'its a lie, you have no proof'!

And of course every road block to the truth and proof, is filled with guns in the hands of cowards, that kill and claim, 'I FELT THREATENED!'

Just like the US NON COUNTING OF THOSE THEY KILL!

We don’t know that!