Iraqi General Says No Foreign Fighters in Falluja

[floda]

By Fadel Badran

FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s former general entrusted with bringing security to the rebellious city of Falluja said Sunday there were no foreign fighters there despite U.S. insistence around 200 of them were holed up there


U.S. forces turned to General Jasim Mohamed Saleh, who used to belong to Saddam's feared Republican Guard, to help bring order back to Falluja after U.S. Marines besieged the city for nearly a month said.


Saleh, speaking to Reuters in an interview, also said he had yet to receive information on the men wanted for the murder and mutilation of four American contractors which sparked the siege.


"There are no foreign fighters in Falluja and the local tribal leaders have told me the same," said Saleh, speaking in the city, among the most loyal to Saddam.

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[jimshoes]

1. You mean our government

LIED to us? Unthinkable! (not)

[Wright Patman]

2. Fox News

paradigm breaks down. What do they do? Acknowledge reality or continue the neocon propaganda (which is all about inflaming the masses for invasions of Syria and/or Iran)?

[keithyboy]

3. If this former Saddam general just tells the truth, he will be a danger to

the US. We all know that this administration lies without hesitation. The real story here is that there will be little coverage of this by the US media.

[keithyboy]

4. Saddam more honest than Bush

All you have to do to prove this is to make a list of the Bush lies and compare them to what Saddam said and what we now know.

You can begin with WMDs vs no WMDs.

[Robbien]

5. Does this mean the Iraqi citizen finally has a voice after all this time?

For a year, no one in Iraq spoke for the people. Is Saleh going to be the public Iraqi voice?

[renegade000]

6. well...

wasn't the reason we went in to crack down on al-Sadr's very much Iraqi militia? :eyes:

[jimshoes]

7. one of the reasons maybe...

I thought we went in to find the people who killed the mercs, er private contractors.

[Wright Patman]

9. al-Sadr

is holed up in Najaf. General Saleh is in Falluja. Najaf contains the holiest sites of the Shiites. Falluja is made up of Sunnis.

[LittleApple81]

8. Myers is an IGNORANT SACK OF LIES. Enough said. n/t

[mom cat]

10. There ARE foreign fighters in Falluga- They are American.