IRAQ: U.S. DROP LEAFLETS ON FALLUJA WARNING REBUILDING FUNDS WILL BE LOST IF ATTACKS CONTINUE ON AMERICAN TROOPS.

Record ID: 208435

  • Title: IRAQ: U.S. DROP LEAFLETS ON FALLUJA WARNING REBUILDING FUNDS WILL BE LOST IF ATTACKS CONTINUE ON AMERICAN TROOPS.
  • Date: 26th July 2004
  • Summary: (W5) FALLUJA, IRAQ (JULY 27, 2004)(REUTERS) 1. GV: PEOPLE WALKING IN FALLUJA STREET 0.06 2. GV/CU/MV: LEAFLETS DROPPED BY U.S. AIRCRAFT LYING ON GROUND, MAN PICKING-UP LEAFLET AND READING IT; VIEWS OF MEN READING LEAFLETS (5 SHOTS) 0.35 3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) A FALLUJA RESIDENT, A MAN, SAYING: "If Falluja is the hotbed of resistance fighters as they (U.S. forces) claim and which they said hamper their (reconstruction) work, so what about their reconstruction work in other Iraqi cities? Till now there is no improvement in electricity and water and these are the basic things that should be provided." 0.56 4. CU/MV: CLOSE-UP OF LEAFLET; MAN READING LEAFLET IN STREET, SURROUNDED BY OTHER MEN AND BOYS (2 SHOTS) 1.06 (W5) NI'AIMIYA AREA, SEVEN KILOMETRES SOUTHEAST OF FALLUJA, IRAQ (JULY 27, 2004) (REUTERS) 5. GV/CU: PEOPLE NEAR DAMAGED HOUSE, DAMAGED BRICKS ON GROUND; DAMAGED WALL OF HOUSE WITH HOLE ON TOP (2 SHOTS) 1.16 6. GV: CHILDREN WALKING INSIDE COURTYARD OF DAMAGED HOUSE 1.22 7. GV/CU: HOLE IN CEILING OF HOUSE, PAN TO DAMAGED REFRIGERATOR INSIDE HOUSE; MAN LIFTING DAMAGED SHELF OFF REFRIGERATOR (3 SHOTS) 1.40 8. CU/MV: MORTAR SHELL AMONG BRICKS DEBRIS; PEOPLE STANDING NEAR MORTAR SHELL ON GROUND (2 SHOTS) 1.51 9. GV: DOCTORS AND PEOPLE INSIDE FALLUJA HOSPITAL WARD 1.56 10. MCU: DOCTORS TENDING WOUNDED CHILD WITH BANDAGED HEAD 2.01 11. MV: WOUNDED MAN WITH PYJAMAS SPATTERED WITH BLOOD 2.07 12. MV/MCU: WOUNDED WOMEN PLACED ON BED; ANOTHER WOUNDED WOMAN (2 SHOTS) 2.21 13. GV: EXTERIOR OF FALLUJA HOSPITAL 2.26 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 10th August 2004 13:00
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  • Location: FALLUJA AND NI'AIMIYA AREA, SEVEN KILOMETRES SOUTHEAST OF FALLUJA, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVAD94ECBZ5EDOD7GE4HQHFLRRY2
  • Story Text: U.S. aircraft drop leaflets on rebellious Falluja
    warning residents they will lose rebuilding funds if
    attacks on U.S. troops continue.



    U.S. aircraft dropped leaflets on the rebellious
    Iraqi city of Falluja on Tuesday (July 27, 2004), warning
    residents they would lose 102 million U.S. dollars in
    rebuilding funds if insurgents did not halt attacks and
    allow U.S. troops to enter freely.

    "If the security situation does not improve you will
    lose $102 million, which is already allocated and approved.

    This amount of money will be transferred to peaceful and
    open towns," the leaflet read.

    "We ask the citizens of Falluja, to make way for
    multinational forces to start the rebuilding of Falluja,
    and to make way for American forces to move freely in the
    city and make real estimates for construction."
    But residents of the city who picked up and read the
    leaflet said it was only an excuse by the U.S. forces to
    justify delay in reconstructing public services of the city.

    "If Falluja is the hotbed of resistance fighters as
    they (the U.S.) claim and which they said hamper their
    (reconstruction) work, where is their reconstruction work
    in other Iraqi cities?" asked one man after he read a
    leaflet.

    "Till now there is no improvement in electricity and
    water and these are the basic things that should be
    provided."
    After fierce fighting in April in which hundreds of
    Iraqis were killed, American forces withdrew from Falluja
    and handed over responsibility for security to an Iraqi brigade.

    Critics say the move has turned Falluja into a safe
    haven for insurgents and put the city under the control of
    guerrillas.

    The leaflets said one project that Falluja could lose
    was a 35 million U.S. dollar water treatment upgrade.

    "Our fight is not with the honest citizens of Falluja,
    but with those who want to destroy the future of Falluja
    and those who are doing this for their own benefits," added
    the leaflet.

    Washington has allocated 18.4 billion U.S. dollars for
    rebuilding across Iraq, but the country's precarious
    security has prevented large amounts of that money from
    being disbursed.

    Meanwhile, U.S. forces hit three houses in the
    Ni'aimiya area, seven kilometres southeast of Falluja city,
    damaging three houses and injuring seven civilians,
    hospital sources said.

    They said that three men and three women and a 10-year
    old girl were wounded in the U.S. attack.

    Some residents said the attack was caused by mortars,
    others said it was an airstrike by U.S. planes.

    The U.S. army could not be reached for immediate
    comment.

    U.S. warplanes have launched several air strikes on the
    city in recent weeks, targeting its most wanted man in
    Iraq, Jordanian militant and suspected al Qaeda ally Abu
    Musab al-Zarqawi.

    American troops are still based near Falluja.

    Since U.S.-led forces ousted Saddam Hussein 15 months
    ago, the city west of Baghdad has been a hotbed of
    anti-American violence. On March 31, four American security
    guards were killed and their bodies burned in images that
    shocked the world.
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