Bush Does Not Get It (9) The Agony of Falluja

Daud Salmanof the Institute of War and Peace Reporting has filed a report from Falluja on the progress of reconstruction. The US has set aside $200 million for compensation and reconstruction in Falluja. A quarter of schools have been rebuilt and compensation payments made to some whose homes were destroyed. But, five months after the recapture of the city from the terrorists frustration remains high. Only one quarter of the 200,000 residents who fled have returned. Many school students are still being educated in tents. The IWPR reporter quotes Isa Sabah al-Dulaimy. “Our houses were completely destroyed and now we are living in a camp in al-Habanya, ten kilometres from Falluja, in hard conditions. We have no idea when we will be able to go back home.” (AJ)