Are They Dead Yet?
The continuing slaughter, on the west bank of the Tigris in Baghdad, of thousands of “Special” Republican Guard, Fedayeen and other scum seems to be attriting defenses in the eastern part of the city. Al Jazeera reports:
A few cars sped along the deserted main arteries of the eastern Al-Rusafa bank, where traffic had been relatively better than the other embattled side of the river.Iraqi fighters who had been heavily deployed across the city since the outbreak of the US-led assault on the country March 20, had all but dissappeared from Al-Rusafa [map].
Sandbagged positions on street corners, once providing shelter to militiamen armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles and shoulder-held anti-tank rocket launchers, were empty.
No guards were standing in front of police stations and neighborhood headquarters of the ruling Baath party.
“We do not know what is really happening. We just saw that the armed fighters disappeared from the streets. We are left in the dark,” said one Iraqi.
The American “kill the defenders” strategy to take Baghdad is working nicely.
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