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Five Years On, Fallujah in Tatters

dahr-jamail.jpg Inter Press Service
By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail*

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FALLUJAH, Apr 14 (IPS) – Fallujah remains a crippled city more than two years after the November 2004 U.S.-led assault.

Unemployment, and lack of medical care and safe drinking water in the city 60 km west of Baghdad remain a continuous problem. Freedom of movement is still curtailed.

The city suffered two devastating U.S. military attacks during 2004. Many of the buildings were destroyed, or heavily…

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