In case you were wondering why the hospital at Fallujah is a “legitimate military target”, this is how the US military justifies it:
The US military said insurgents had been in control of Fallujah General Hospital – located on the west bank of the Euphrates – and were “forcing the doctors there to release propaganda and false information”.
It underlined in a statement that when hospitals “are used for military purposes they lose … protected status”.
So, you see, the doctors of Fallujah hospital are now liberated and no longer have to release “propaganda and false information” like civilian casualty numbers. Undoubtedly, the Liberated Doctors of Fallujah will now release statements of gratitude and we’ll hear harrowing tales of their captivity while in the clutches of the Resistance.
On this topic, see Rahul Mahajan and Under the Same Sun for commentary and photos.
UPDATE:The US forces have taken possession of the hospital, leaving the incursion into the hospital to be carried out by Iraqi soldiers. The hospital, the largest in the city, is located on the western side of the banks of the Euphrates rivers, which separates it from the centre, leaving just small clinics to deal with any local wounded or dead if full-scale fighting erupts. According to Salih al-Isawi, the hospital director, the building had been surrounded and “they are telling us over loud speakers that if we leave the building we will be shot at”, reporting that an ambulance that tried to exit the facility was fired upon.
link via Raed Jarrar