Inside Fallujah : The Unembedded Story

by Mansour, Ahmed

• ISBN13: 9781566567787
• ISBN10: 1566567785
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-01
• Publisher: Interlink Pub Group Inc

Summary

In 2004, the United States waged one of the bloodiest battles of the Iraq war in the city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad. For many the city was a symbol of the resistance to the US war and occupation; since the battle it has become a symbol of the worst of the US-Iraq war. Only one television station-Al Jazeera-stayed in Fallujah to report on the battle, and the horrfying and heartbreaking images seen worldwide came from reporter Ahmed Mansour and cameraman Laith Mushtaq. The images so outraged the world that the US military made Mansour's leaving Fallujah the first condition for a ceasefire. Donald Rumsfeld called his reporting "vicious and innacurate." Here, for the first time in English, is the renowned reporter's own view of what happened inside Fallujah.

Author Biography

Ahmed Mansour, the celebrated reporter and host of al-Jazeera's talk show Without Limits, is the author of eighteen books.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Prologue	p. xi
Before the Battles of Fallujah	p. 1
Iraq after a Year of Occupation	p. 3
The City of Fallujah	p. 19
Mercenaries in the Iraqi-American Conflict	p. 30
Rumblings of Revenge	p. 42
The Road to Samarra	p. 54
April 2004: The First Battle	p. 67
Dawn: A City Encircled	p. 69
Day One: Operational Vigilant Resolve Begins	p. 86
Day Two: US Forces Feel the First Sting of Defeat	p. 99
Day Three: Funeral Processions and Snipers	p. 126
Day Four: Iraqis Unite	p. 154
Day Five: A Deadly Rumor	p. 166
The Final Day of the Siege	p. 198
Political Battles	p. 215
Bush's War on al-Jazeera	p. 217
A Confrontation of Words: My Interview with General Kimmitt	p. 239
Besieging the Besieger	p. 251
November 2004: Fallujah Destroyed	p. 273
Is the Battle Over?	p. 275
Preparating for Annihilation	p. 290
Operation Phantom Fury	p. 297
"Cleaning Up": War Crimes, Mass Graves, and an Empty City	p. 316
Afterword	p. 340
Notes	p. 342
Index	p. 348
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