Signs of the attacks are still visible today in collapsed buildings and bullet holes in walls in Fallujah, a Iraqi city exploded against US invasion in Iraq firstly. Two major offensives Fallujah, home to about a half a million people 60km west of Baghdad, was home to some of the first anti-US protests in the aftermath of the 2003 invasion, in May of that year. When the protests began, residents were content to throw only their shoes at US soldiers, an Arab gesture that signifies anger and disrespect. But in March 2004, four US employees of a US private security firm, Blackwater, since renamed Xe and later Academi, were killed in the city, leading to two major offensives by US troops against Fallujah. Widespread fighting in Fallujah against the occupation begun in 2003, after a controversial event known as the "pupil's" uprising. The US military had turned a primary school into their city headquarters in April 2003. When 200 demonstrators ga...
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