Now, I Am the Terrorist
by William Rivers Pitt
Truthout.org
Friday 21 March 2003

"Baghdad is a city of 5 million people, half of whom are under the age of fifteen, most of whom are too poor to flee."

The city of Baghdad, founded in 762 A.D. under the name Madinat as-Salam - 'City of Peace' - is this day a lake of fire. The opening stage of the Bush administration's "Shock and Awe" attack plan began as night fell on Iraq, and lived terribly up to its terrible name. CBS news is reporting that great swaths of residential neighborhoods within Baghdad have been engulfed in flames. One can trust, perhaps, the ability of a cruise missile to hit a bullseye from many miles away. One cannot be so precise in predicting which way the resulting fires will blow.. . .

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