In Fallujah, the Boston Globe is reporting the US military has made the city look like a police state. The military has set up so-called citizen processing centers where US soldiers take DNA samples from residents and makes scans of their retinas. In addition residents are given ID badges that must be worn at all times. The military has banned cars from the city center in an effort to eliminate the threat of suicide car bombings. In addition, the Globe reports the military is considering requiring all men in the city to work in military-style battalions to help rebuild the city. One college student in Fallujah criticized the occupying US forces saying, “When the insurgents were here, we felt safe. At least I could move freely in the city; now I cannot.” Meanwhile, the only humanitarian relief group in Fallujah has withdrawn from the city. The Red Crescent said the US military requested it leave “for security reasons.”
U.S. Creates Police State in Fallujah
HeadlineDec 06, 2004