Emergency protest for Fallujah, 5pm in Melbourne city.
What’s happening there is pretty much like a local leader (say Bracks) standing up to a US-appointed Howard and then the US sent in troops with guns. At least, that’s my understanding.
[ganked from damien_wise]
[from boingboing]
“Usually we keep the gloves on,” said Army Capt. Erik Krivda, of Gaithersburg, Md., the senior officer in charge of the 1st Infantry Division’s Task Force 2–2 tactical operations command center. “For this operation, we took the gloves off.”
Some artillery guns fired white phosphorous rounds that create a screen of fire that cannot be extinguished with water. Insurgents reported being attacked with a substance that melted their skin, a reaction consistent with white phosphorous burns. Kamal Hadeethi, a physician at a regional hospital, said, “The corpses of the mujahedeen which we received were burned, and some corpses were melted.”
See you there, all you people who said you wanted to really *do* something about the world after the election débâcle. (Yes, you. I know where you work. I know how simple it will be for you to walk down there.)