INSIDE FALLUJAH’S INSURGENCY

IED fac­to­ries, packed with radios and plas­tic explo­sives. Martyr train­ing man­u­als. Illicitly-​​used mosques, pin­pointed on a map.
That’s all part of an eye-​​popping PowerPoint pre­sen­ta­tion, obtained by Military​.com, “Telling the Story of Fallujah to the Word.” Allegedly cre­ated by the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force and the Multi-​​National Corps — Iraq, the slide show is meant to cat­a­log just how ven­omous insur­gent forces in Fallujah had become.
Sixty per­cent of Fallujah’s mosques had fight­ing posi­tions within them, accord­ing to “Telling.” That’s a vio­la­tion of the laws of war. 203 weapons caches were found dot­ted around the city. 653 IEDs were dis­cov­ered as well as 11 fac­to­ries for build­ing the bombs.
The pre­sen­ta­tion also shows ledgers, sup­pos­edly track­ing for­eign fighter in the city, evi­dence of tor­ture cham­bers, and a run­down of the weapons con­fis­cated by American and Iraqi gov­ern­ment troops. Grisly stuff, espe­cially for a hol­i­day week­end. But well worth the 3MB down­load.
THERE’S MORE: The bosses here have turned that PowerPoint beast into good ol’ HTML. So now there’s no excuse the check it out.
AND MORE: A review of Palestinian mil­i­tants’ stock­piles and pro­duc­tion facil­i­ties, pro­duced by a for­mer Israeli Army sol­dier, is here.

November 26th, 2004 | War Update | Comments Off Both comments and pings are currently closed.