Fallujah 'not end of story': former head of Iraqi council

[maddezmom]

LONDON (AFP) - Iraqi politician Adnan Pachachi warned that Fallujah was "not the end of the story" and that the US-led offensive there could trigger even further violence.

"It seems probable that Fallujah is not the end of the story. They (insurgents) have already shown that they are able to perpetrate all kinds of discriminate violence all over the country," he told BBC television in an interview.


The Sunni Muslim elder statesman, one of the leaders of the post-war Iraqi Governing Council and a former Iraqi foreign minister from the pre-Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) era, said the offensive to drive out and destroy rebels in Fallujah could backfire.


"I am afraid that if there's going to be an excessive use of force this will be counterproductive and will create a great deal of anger and resentment," he told the British broadcaster.


When pressed whether he thought the US soldiers used excessive violence, he said: "I hope there won't be (an excessive use of force), but of course, you know, the fight is... not balanced at all. On one side you have overwhelming force, on the other you have really, very, very little."

more:http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041110/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_us_fallujah_041110234558

To bad Allawi didn't ask or listen, before okaying the assault on Fallujah.

[aneerkoinos]

1. Allawi asked and listened

Negroponte, his boss.

[maddezmom]

2. good point n/t

[acmavm]

3. Geez Adnan, ya think? Looks a little like it already.

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[daleo]

4. You mean Hue, I mean Fallujah, won't end the war?

This is unprecedented.