- US defence officials initially said the incident involved
a number of rocket and mortar rounds fired at the base, but the top U.S.
commander in northern Iraq later said a single massive explosion had taken
place. The official story made no sense as we know from the many videos
and reports from the Mujahideen, they do not fire just one rocket in an
attack.
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- JUS has now learned from sources close to the Mujahideen
that a Mercedes truck, loaded with 12 tons of explosives, drove into the
base at approximately 12 noon Tuesday. Having penetrated the base without
incident, the Iraqi bomber detonated his deadly payload. The massive car
bomb hit the kitchen and dining areas of the base, igniting the facility
in flames.
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- A US military statement initially said that 22 US soldiers
were killed however that figure has since been lowered to 19. Very sanitized
photos were quickly circulated by US officials however direct sources say
that at least 160 US soldiers, Allawi soldiers and collaborators working
at the base were killed in the martyrdom operation.
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- The photos circulating that US officials claim to be
from the attack are said to be from a drill which would account for the
bloodless and sanitized pictures. Even if the small number of casualties
reported by the US were true, blood and carnage would be apparent.
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- Arab eyewitnesses inside the base also reported seeing
the Mercedes truck explode and confirmed a very high number of casualties.
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- It is curious that while one of the most lethal attacks
inside Iraq occurred yesterday on a very grand scale, news of the release
to two French journalists was front and centre in mainstream news. Like
the Margaret Hassan story, it appears this information was strategically
released in order to lessen the real pain and suffering of Americans in
Iraq and boost morale as the US further vows to defeat the "enemies
of freedom".
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- It is even more curious that the US military was quick
to release photographs of the attack, deviating from their policy of "out
of sight, out of mind". Whether these photographs are staged or not
staged, and regardless of the casualty numbers, releasing photographs so
quickly is definitely out of pattern for the US military.
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- We conclude that this can only be for one of two reasons.
The US may be planning a Fallujah style attack on Mosul, the third largest
city in Iraq, that has been a huge headache for US forces and the location
of many US casualties as it remains outside US control. Now that the destruction
and savagery of Fallujah is becoming public, this may be pre-attack strategy
to win public support for a similar invasion in Mosul. Alternately, with
news now seeping its way to mainstream news that the US is not in control
of Fallujah and continues to loose ground every day, releasing photos of
the Mosul attack may be an effort to divert the publics attention from
the heavy US losses than are occurring in Fallujah.
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- Either way, something is up. The US policy of covering
up losses is widely known and to release visuals two days in advance of
the Christian holiday of Christmas has some specific agenda to be sure.(JUS)
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