A little dash of reality

The divide between major media "reporting" and independents reports of what's happening in Fallujah is incredible. Check out a snippet of this Democracy Now! interview.

AMY GOODMAN: The northern Iraqi town of Fallujah is under siege. There are reports of a massacre at the hands of U.S. troops. The death toll in the town has now topped 600 with over 1,000 injured. Local hospitals report the majority of the dead are the women, children, and the elderly. The U.S. maintains 95% of those killed are member of the resistance. we go directly to Iraq with free speech radio news Aaron Glantz. Welcome, Aaron.

AARON GLANTZ: Thank you for having me.

AMY GOODMAN: We are about to go to a piece that you have just filed with us. Can you set it up for us and tell us the latest news right now?

AARON GLANTZ: Well, the best that I can ascertain is that everywhere I look on the mainstream media, they're talking about a cease-fire, a calm settled over Fallujah, and while I haven't been in Fallujah today, I have been talking to people who have fled Fallujah and who have been to Fallujah during this so-called cease-fire. They report whenever they go out of their homes, they're at risk of being hit by snipers, U.S. marines on bridges and on top of buildings, and of course, the Americans are fighting a guerrilla war against an increasingly violent resistance among the regular people of Fallujah. So, for the marines, every single member of the population of Fallujah is a potential enemy because almost the entire population is against the Americans. Those who are not against it, a week ago, have now changed their minds, because they have had their daughters and their sons and their mothers and their children just shot and killed or maimed in some way. So, we're going to be able to go to the Fallujah through the voices of some of those who fled as well as the voices of one journalist, who risked her life in order to get us materials to broadcast today.

If you want to hear about children getting shot dead, read the rest of the interview.