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American Military Officials Are “Conveying the Lessons” of U.S. Assault on Fallujah to Their Israeli Counterparts… Lessons of Massive Destruction and War Crimes

The New York Times reported on October 17, “American military officers with vivid memories of the fights for Falluja in 2004—a six-week struggle against Iraqi insurgents that was some of the most intense urban combat of modern times—have been conveying the lessons of that battle … to their Israeli counterparts.” 

U.S. airstrike on Fallujah destroyed homes, and killed civilians, October 2004.

 

U.S. airstrike on Fallujah, Iraq, destroyed homes, and killed civilians, October 2004.    Photo: AP

What are those “lessons” from the U.S. war in Iraq that these American military officers can convey? Just to sketch out a few: The American ground assault came after U.S. troops had cut off all entry into and exit from Fallujah and poured in thousands of artillery rounds, hundreds of rockets, bombs, and missiles, and nearly 100,000 machine gun and cannon rounds into this densely populated city. Then came the armored bulldozers that tore up all the main streets of the city and troops that shot at anything that moved, going “house to house, room to room, raining death and destruction,” according to one news report. As the assault was going on, then-U.S. President George W. Bush told a gathering of top military commanders: “Kick ass! If somebody tries to stop the march to democracy, we will seek them out and kill them!... We are going to wipe them out! We are not blinking!” 

U.S. soldiers run past dead body in the street of Fallujah.

 

U.S soldiers run past dead body in Fallujah, Iraq, March 22, 2004.    Photo: AP

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US Marines arrest Iraqi men in the center of Fallujah, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)    Photo: AP

Read “November 2004—War Crime Fallujah” in the revcom.us American Crime series for a fuller account. And read other articles in that series about many other crimes of the U.S. empire around the world.

Israel has carried out decades of reactionary, oppressive violence against the Palestinian people—and it is gearing up for even worse. They have been backed in this by U.S. military aid and political support, even as the U.S. now poses as the more “reasonable” partner and voice of “restraint.” But when it comes to war crimes and crimes against humanity, all around the world, the U.S. imperialists stand head and shoulders above any other oppressive power—and has a lot of “lessons” to teach to junior partners like Israel.

Fallujah residents sift through rubble from U.S. airstrike.

 

June 2004, Fallujah residents sift through rubble from U.S. airstrike—36,000 of the 50,000 houses in Fallujah, Iraq, were destroyed.    Photo: AP

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