3,000 Displaced Families Returned To Falluja
Voices Of Iraq
Baghdad, Jun 8, (VOI) – A total of 3,000 displaced families have returned to their homes in Falluja, one year after the end of military operations conducted by Iraqi security forces and Sahwa (Awakening) councils in Anbar province, Falluja police commander revealed on Sunday.
In a Baghdad-based joint press conference with the head of Falluja Judiciary Council and Falluja mayor, the city’s police chief, Colonel Faisal Ismail Hussein said: “3,000 families, which had been displaced from Falluja when the city was under al-Qaeda organization’s control, returned home. The military operations conducted by Iraqi police forces and the Sahwa councils in Anbar province have succeeded.”
“I call on the government to increase the number of police forces in the city,” Hussein said, noting “there are only 2,488 policemen in this big city.”
When asked about the number of Iraqi detainees released from U.S. prisons, Hussein said: “We called on the U.S. forces to provide us with the names and photos of Falluja residents who have been released from U.S. prisons. We will return those whose hands are stained with Iraqi blood to prison and let the innocent practice their normal lives.”
Regarding the protection of the highway that links Iraq to Syria and Jordan, Hussein noted that police personnel and tribal forces are currently safeguarding the highway.
Meanwhile, Hameed al-Alwani, the head of Falluja’s Judicial Council, said the unemployment levels in the city “reached 60 percent because of power cuts and the stoppage of many projects.”
“The central government should accelerate the process of compensating owners of industrial and commercial projects, which will absorb unemployment in the city.”
“In 2008, the central government allocated 6,000 vacancies for Anbar province, and Falluja city’s share was 1,000 positions, in addition to other 6,000 positions provided by the Ministry of Education,” he added.
Commenting on the upcoming provincial council elections, al-Alwani said: “All of the governmental institutions are ready for the elections and are determined to prevent any violations.”
Falluja city, which has a predominantly Sunni population of 570,000, lies 57 km northwest of Baghdad.
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