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To: dennisw; All
FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - A crowd of cheering Iraqis dragged charred and mutilated bodies through the streets of the town of Falluja Wednesday after an ambush on two vehicles that witnesses said killed at least three foreigners.

In a separate attack one year after the U.S.-led war on Iraq that overthrew Saddam Hussein, five American soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb was detonated beside their convoy west of Baghdad, the U.S. army said.

The Falluja violence began when two four-wheel-drive vehicles were attacked by guerrillas on a main road in the town, 32 miles west of Baghdad. A crowd then set the vehicles ablaze and hurled stones into the burning wreckage.

Television pictures showed one incinerated body being kicked and stamped on by a member of the jubilant crowd, while others dragged a blackened body down the road by its feet.

The footage showed at least three people lying dead, while some witnesses said that four were killed. It was not clear how many people were in the vehicles.

As one body lay burning on the ground, an Iraqi came and doused it with petrol, sending flames soaring. At least two bodies were tied to cars and pulled through the streets, witnesses said.

"This is the fate of all Americans who come to Falluja," said Mohammad Nafik, one of the crowd surrounding the bodies.

Some body parts were pulled off and left hanging from a pole, while two incinerated bodies were later strung from a bridge over the road and left dangling there.

It was unclear who was traveling in the vehicles, both four-wheel drives of the type used by foreign contractors, journalists, civilian members of the U.S.-led coalition and some military personnel. Witnesses said they saw anywhere between four and eight people in the cars before they were attacked.

Some of the victims were wearing civilian clothes, flak jackets and were armed, witnesses said, but that was not clear from the television footage. One of those killed had fair hair and was wearing khaki trousers and a white T-shirt.

As the victims lay burning, a crowd of around 150 men chanted "Long live Islam" and "Allahu Akbar" ("God is Greatest") while flashing victory signs.   

13 posted on 03/31/2004 5:44:58 AM PST by Happy2BMe (U.S.A. - - United We Stand - - Divided We Fall - - Support Our Troops - - Vote BUSH)
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To: Happy2BMe
As the victims lay burning, a crowd of around 150 men chanted "Long live Islam" and "Allahu Akbar" ("God is Greatest") while flashing victory signs.

I have no interest in such a "god". It is time.

17 posted on 03/31/2004 5:48:18 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Happy2BMe
Maybe we should find those WMDs and use them on these guys.

"Television pictures showed one incinerated body being kicked and stamped on by a member of the jubilant crowd"

We got pictures of them? Lets get them and take them for a ride in the desert one by one. Some times I think Black Jack Pershings method of handling these fanatics was correct.
31 posted on 03/31/2004 5:54:54 AM PST by Bringbackthedraft (Mario Cuomo as VP? Has America gone mad?)
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To: Happy2BMe
An Iraqi hits a burning car with a shovel as another kicks it in Fallujah. Gunmen opened fire on two vehicles before setting the vehicles ablaze.
AFP JOURNAL INTERNET - 31/03/2004 12:47:05

Iraqis dance on a wrecked car attacked 31 March 2004 in the flashpoint town of Fallujah. At least seven people were killed in attacks in western Iraq.
AFP JOURNAL INTERNET - 31/03/2004 12:47:05

Iraqis mutilate the burnt body of a dead man believed to be a US citizen who was inside a car attacked in the flashpoint town of Fallujah. At least two people believed to be Americans were killed when gunmen opened fire on two vehicles in Fallujah.
AFP JOURNAL INTERNET - 31/03/2004 12:47:05

Iraqis mutilate the burnt body of a man -- believed to be a US citizen -- who was inside a car that was attacked in Fallujah. At least two people believed to be Americans were killed when gunmen opened fire on two vehicles in Fallujah.
AFP JOURNAL INTERNET - 31/03/2004 12:47:05

An Iraqi man looks at a car on fire after an attack in the restive town of Falluja on March 31, 2004. Insurgents attacked two cars and set them on fire, burning several passengers and dragging one body outside, dancing around it and making the victory sign, witnesses said. REUTERS/Salman Amer
REUTERS - 31/03/2004 12:25:51

Iraqis mutilate a burnt body of a dead man believed to be a US citizen who was inside a car attacked in Fallujah. Furious Iraqis hacked up the charred bodies of two people, believed to be foreign civilians, and hung the remains from a bridge after their car was ambushed, saying this rebellious Iraqi town would be the "cemetery" of US-led occupation forces.
AFP JOURNAL INTERNET - 31/03/2004 12:19:55

An Iraqi hits with a shovel as another kicks a burning car attacked in Fallujah. Gunmen opened fire on two four-wheel-drive cars, killing at least some of the occupants and setting the vehicles ablaze.
AFP JOURNAL INTERNET - 31/03/2004 11:33:00

A vehicle burns in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Wednesday March 31, 2004. Gunmen in Fallujah attacked two civilian cars that residents said were carrying up to eight foreign nationals. The occupants of the cars were killed and their vehicles were set on fire. (AP Photo/Abdel Kader Saadi)
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS - 31/03/2004 10:12:05

Flames engulf the remains of a person killed in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Wednesday March 31, 2004. Gunmen in Fallujah attacked two civilian cars that residents said were carrying up to eight foreign nationals. The occupants of the cars were killed and their vehicles were set on fire. (AP Photo/Abdel Kader Saadi)
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS - 31/03/2004 10:06:36

An Iraqi youth cheers in front of a burning vehicle in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Wednesday March 31, 2004. Gunmen in Fallujah attacked two civilian cars that residents said were carrying up to eight foreign nationals. The occupants of the cars were killed and their vehicles were set on fire. (AP Photo/Abdel Kader Saadi)
ASSOCIATED

36 posted on 03/31/2004 5:57:02 AM PST by dennisw (“We'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American way.” - Toby Keith)
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To: Happy2BMe
This is the fate of all Americans who come to Falluja," said Mohammad Nafik, one of the crowd surrounding the bodies.

And when that knock on the door takes place Mohammad Nafik....you are going to die.

47 posted on 03/31/2004 6:02:31 AM PST by Dog
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To: Happy2BMe
These people are sick bast**ds! I hope our response is measured, yet lethal to the guilty parties!
74 posted on 03/31/2004 6:26:43 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Happy2BMe
"This is the fate of all Americans who come to Falluja," said Mohammad Nafik, one of the crowd surrounding the bodies.

This man should be dead by sundown.

104 posted on 03/31/2004 7:09:28 AM PST by MediaMole
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