Posted on 09/23/2016 9:07:09 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
FALLUJAH, Iraq In the three days since the Iraqi city of Fallujah was reopened for residents following its recapture from the Islamic State group, just over 500 families have returned home, Maj. Gen. Saad al-Harbea, the head of west Baghdad operations, said.
Hundreds more have massed around the checkpoints that block the city's entrance to await the multiple security approvals required to re-enter Fallujah, which lies 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of the Iraqi capital. But the vast majority of the 300,000 people that made up the city's prewar population remain scattered across the country.
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If they manage to keep it, it will take a generation or two to recover.
Another success of the Obama / Clinton team... /s
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