[TShaunK]

Anybody know if they have caught any prisoners?

[Pitiricus]

[copycat]

There's some serious MOUT training going on somewhere. Building to building fire, probably hi-tech surveillance, real time intel...nice.

[pissant]

Yeah. Take these scum down, especially if they are hiding in Mosques. Continue to pray for our soldiers.

[cripplecreek]

One of the common taunts from terrorists used to be that Americans are cowards. Are they still saying it?

[bikepacker67]

They're NOT "Insurgents", they're TERRORISTS

[cheme]

bttt

[Blood of Tyrants]

the danger of damaging the mosque, which would have provoked outrage in the Arab world

No, we wouldn't want to make them mad at us, now would we? I am so sick of our troops having to turn a blind eye to the murderers who use mosques as a base of operations.

[jamz]

I enjoyed reading the details...

Good article.

[Indie]

A Humvee from Phantom troop fitted with a Long Range Acquisition System (LRAS) was moved to within two kilometres of the mosque, well inside its maximum range of 15km, to get a second opinion on what was happening. "The strike was so sensitive that it took more than an hour to approve it," said Maj John Reynolds, operations officer for 2-2. "Normally it happens in minutes."

American tanks engage insurgents on the streets of Fallujah Lt Prakash was asked to provide a grid co-ordinate, accurate to within a metre, to minimise the chance of hitting the mosque, about 50 metres from the building.

At about 3pm, the higher authorisation came through and Lt Col Pete Newell, commanding 2-2 and with the call-sign Ramrod 6, gave the order to fire a barrage of 20 155mm high-explosive shells from howitzers about three miles away from the mosque.

Specialist James Taylor, manning the LRAS, watched the burst of shells hit.

"They landed on the left side of the building and I saw three bodies fly into the air," he said. "It was awesome."

Lt Prakash radioed that the rounds were right on target and requested 10 more to ensure maximum killing effect.

"One of the men was in a sniper position on the building," said Lt Prakash. "I saw him fall off, hit the ground and bounce up. There were about five bodies that went three, four, five storeys up in the air. I'd already counted between 40 and 50 men going into that building. There were men running out, coughing and doubling over. The second lot of rounds took them out and all those who had been crossing the road.

This is PC BS when are soldiers are under fire..all the conceern over a d*** building [mosque]...but it was DAMN GOOD WORK TO GET IT DONE right!! We are proud of you all and may God protect you with his Divine shield!!

[The KG9 Kid]

"... "Guys with short brown hair, dark pants and carrying AK-47s were moving in groups of between two and five across the road to a yellow building," said Lt Neil Prakash, the tank commander..."

Here's Lt. Neil Prakash when he was a cadet in ROTC at John Hopkins University:

[elizabetty]

Building go bye-bye

[Hegemony Cricket]

please, oh please let this be zarqawi - couldn't happen to a nicer guy...

[We Happy Few]

You've got to love the U.S. military: here the officer calling in the fire has an Indian surname. The war in Iraq is a reminder that the U.S. military is one of the most truly "diverse" work forces you can find. It's because merit counts.

[injin]

U.S. Forces !
Get Some!
waste them mo-fo's....
No prisoners

remember all our fallen....
don't leave any to fight another day

Gods speed...and thanks

[Doc Savage]

Not insurgents. They are scum. They are terrorists. They are IslamoFascist Terrorist Scum. They are ugly, smelly, dirty, slovenly mutants. They are psychotic frenzied Muslim fanatics. They are crazed killers. They are the dregs of society. They are chromosomal abberations. But they are not INSURGENTS!

[GnL]

"We are hearing reports saying that the enemy is withdrawing to a central place for a final stand," said Maj Reynolds. "It's like a Gettysburg. We have surrounded the whole area."

Time to finish them off...

[ppaul]

Take down the mosque too.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

"We are hearing reports saying that the enemy is withdrawing to a central place for a final stand," said Maj Reynolds. "It's like a Gettysburg. We have surrounded the whole area."

Fallujah was nothing more than a Roach Motel for terrorists.

Kill 'em.

Kill 'em all.