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AM rights reserved. (210)436-3547 (in English and Spanish) U.S. general vows to ‘pacify’ Falluj after American contractors kill By Sameer N. Yacoub THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FALLUJAH, Iraq — A U.S. general vowed an “overwhelming” response to the murder and mutilation of four American contractors, but U.S. troops stayed out of this anti-American city Thursday and fearful Iraqi police took no action. Residents said they were ready to take on the Americans if they try to enter Fallujah, where schools and shops remained open a day after insurgents ambushed the contractors’ SUVs and mobs strung up two of their charred corpses on an iron bridge spanning the Euphrates River. “We wish that they would try to enter Fallujah so we’d let hell break loose” Ahmed al-Dulaimi said. “We will not let any foreigner enter Fallujah.” said Sameer Sami. “Yesterday’s attack is proof of how much we hate the Americans.” Near Fallujah on Thursday, insurgents set off a bomb beside a U.S. military patrol, wounding three troops. Associated Press Television News footage showed smoke and fire pouring from an abandoned Humvee on the side of a road. In Ramadi, west of Fallujah, six Iraqi civilians died and four were wounded Wednesday evening in a car bombing at a market, said Lt. Col. Steve Murray, a coalition spokesman. Also Thursday, two explosions near a U.S.-escorted fuel convoy in Baghdad wounded at least one Iraqi. APTN footage showed U.S. soldiers putting a wounded person on a stretcher in an armored vehicle. U.S. troops stayed out of Airborne Division and conducted patrols to fierce firefights in the city. The Marines enter Fallujah only o when they conduct a military operationt city. The Marines were apparently Fallujah on Wednesday when mobsdra mutilated and burned bodies of t Americans through the streets. Apparently fearful Iraqi police in stayed away from the mobs, and pickedc bodies hours later only at the reque American troops. On Thursday, police manned roadsided points and remained at their posts but wk conducting raids or operations related! killings. Two officers told The Associated they were afraid, while a third said: should we interfere? It’s none of our bus It was unclear why the American conta were traveling unescorted in such a dans area. The four worked for Black water!* Consulting of Moyock, N.C., which pre training and guard services to customers! PI or the world. Blackwater is a governmentsii ^ looi 4 4. We will not let any foreigner enter Fallujah. Yesterda/s attack is proof of how much we hate very teai “( hore the Americans. — Sameer Sami Fallujah resident tractor providing security delivery of food in the Fi j," area. Iraq’s administrator, L Bremer, condemned the ki as well as the combat deals five American soldiers onftiHe same day. and said “their i^etb will not go unpunished." “Yesterday's events in Fail are dramatic examples of ongoing struggle betweenti^ime dignity and barbarism. Bts said at a ceremony forpo cadets in Baghdad. "Tlie we have seen were Fallujah on Thursday despite pledges from a mil itary commander to stamp out resistance in a city that is home to militant forces who appear to enjoy the support — or at least acquiescence — of a significant part of the population. The city was a stronghold of support for Saddam Hussein, who was ousted in the invasion a year ago. “We will pacify that city. ... It will be at the time and place of our choosing.” Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt said, pledging to hunt down those who carried out Wednesday’s killings, which were reminiscent of the televised abuse of the corpses of American soldiers in Somalia in 1993. Kimmitt promised a response that will be “deliberate” and “overwhelming,” and said troops didn’t respond at the time for fear of ambushes or the insurgents might use of civil ians as human shields. He also said U.S. forces took into account that the contractors were already dead. “We are not going to do a pell-mell rush into the city,” he said. “A pre-emptive attack into the city could have taken a bad situation and made it even worse.” Fallujah, 35 miles west of Baghdad, has been the scene of some of the worst violence since the beginning of the U.S.-led occupation a year ago. Last month, U.S. Marines took over authority of Fallujah and surrounding areas from the 82nd exa: qui :ude em£ urdt M andi tudy 'OU i true Cou Ath IE E m 1 and inexcusable. ...They violate the tenetst religions, including Islam.” Samir Shaker Mahmoud, a member of U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Councils hoped the response of the U.S. military nlBiS area would not be based on "revenge." Iraqi Interior Minister Nori al Badraii “2 promised to send forces into Fallujahbutdiii say when. “We were shocked because our beliefs reject such behavior,” police Lt.! Abdullah said in a reference to the afmbi the bodies. Major newspapers in the United Slates: graphic photos Thursday of the charred W while the images were largely stafcil American television as too homfic. Overseas, broadcasters and newspapers; ried the gruesome images, though some Lom tabloids blurred the photos and Arab televe obscured more gruesome footage. Some European newspapers speculatedati a quicker U.S. troop withdrawal andotherssj it could serve as a new standard for attacks But Secretary of State Colin Powell saidi United States would not be “runouf’o “America has the ability to stay, enemy and defeat an enemy,” Powell, wlioi attending a donor conference in Berlin foil rebuilding of Afghanistan, said in an in on German ZDF television. Friday, April 2,2004 9:00 pm-1:00 am La Orquesta Salmerum Salsa Band & Salsa Dance Lessons inMSC Flagroom In Collaboration w/ MSC CAMAC, LT. Jordan Institute, & Puerto Rican Student fe * L0TR: Return of the King at 6:00 & 9:45 pm infitiif $1 w/ TAMU ID In Collaboration w/ MSC Film Society Tree activities in the MSC Basement: pool, bowling, arts & crafts and DDR in Collaboration with Cepheid Variable * FREE FOOD and Drinks!!! * PRIZES: Nintendo Game Cube & Digital Can® 979.845.1515 aggienights.tamu.edu /L For special needs, please contact us U-A three days prior to the eventat 845-1515.