BBC and
Tagesschau say that the US troops pull out of Falluja.
I hope it will help to deescalate the situation.
Some others might think that the US looks weak, but i think it's smart to put 1,100 Iraqi soldiers led by a former general from the Saddam Hussein era between the US army and the iraqi people so less US soldiers will die and therefore less attention in the Western media.
I don't know the repuation of that general, but i hope he was respected by the iraqi civilians.
US forces to pull out of Falluja
US marines are to withdraw from positions they have held in the flashpoint Iraqi city of Falluja, an American military commander has said.
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Doctors in Falluja say some 600 people have been killed since the siege began three weeks ago.
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April has seen more than 120 US troops killed in Iraq - by far the highest casualty rate since the toppling of Saddam Hussein a year ago.
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In the US, a new opinion poll suggests dwindling support among Americans for the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
Just 47% of 1,042 Americans questioned believed invading Iraq was the right thing to do, the lowest support recorded in the polls since the war began.
Today another 8 US soldiers were killed and 8 wounded in Baghdad when a carbomb exploded close to their convoy
According to a AP reporter US-Soldiers shot on a small bus and killed a whole Family (7 persons) which tried to get out of the town.
In Germa (close to F.) 2 Iraqis were killed during razzias.
In Falluja you can now find posters "$15 000 000 bounty" for the heads of Donald Rumsfeld (Secretary of Defence), Lieutenant-General Ricardo Sanchez (US Commander in Iraq) and Mark Kimmit (who's that?).
Al-Asad (President of Syria) said:
"The armed operations against the American occupying forces in Iraq constitute a legitimate resistance because it represents the majority of the Iraqi people"
worth reading!
