Another U.S. General in line for a war crimes tribunal...and a hanging

U.S. troops bomb Tel Affar despite parliament speaker’s warning: "08/21/05 'Azzaman' -- -- U.S. troops have been bombing the city of Tel Affar in the past four days despite warnings from parliamentary speaker Hajim al-Hassani.

For months, the troops have been striving to control the city and the adjacent region close to the Syrian border but to no avail.

Fierce fighting is reported between U.S. troops and the insurgents who have turned the northern city west of Mosul into a major stronghold.

Thousands of families are reported to have fled the city.

In interviews with Azzaman correspondent in Tel Affar, the residents described the U.S. shelling of their city “as fires of hell.” "

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