Posted on 11/14/2004 8:50:59 AM PST by TexKat
U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. Richard Natonski stands at the bridge in the western part of Fallujah, Iraq, where the bodies of two American contractors killed by militants were strung up in March, sparking the earlier U.S. siege, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
Music to my ears.
Enough of these Iraqi patriots and the war is OVER.
US bombs gut insurgent bunker complex
The bombs shook the ground of the former insurgent stronghold and set off secondary explosions that went on for 45 minutes but could not be seen above ground, persuading officers of the Army's First Infantry Division that there were large stockpiles of weapons underground.
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A U.S. Marine of the 1st Division carries a mascot for good luck in his backpack as his unit push further into the western part of Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004. U.S. military officials said Saturday that U.S. Forces had now 'occupied' the entire city of Fallujah. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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A US Marine of the 1st Division is evacuted to a makeshift hospital after receiving shrapnel injuries in the western part of Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004. The U.S. military's ground and air assault of Fallujah has gone quicker than expected, with the entire city occupied after six days of fighting, the Marine commander who planned the offensive said Sunday. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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A U.S. Marine of the 1st Division collects rebel weapons in the western part of Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004. The U.S. military's ground and air assault of Fallujah has gone quicker than expected, with the entire city occupied after six days of fighting, the Marine commander who planned the offensive said Sunday. The military said 31 Americans have been killed in the siege. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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US Marines of the 1st Division take up position as they advance in the western part of Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004. The U.S. military's ground and air assault of Fallujah has gone quicker than expected, with the entire city occupied after six days of fighting, the Marine commander who planned the offensive said Sunday.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. Richard Natonski stands at the bridge in the western part of Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), where the bodies of two American contractors killed by militants were strung up in March, sparking the earlier U.S. siege, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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A US Marine of the 1st Division writes the words 'Dark Horse' on a beam of the bridge western Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), where the bodies of two American contractors killed by militants were strung up in March, sparking the earlier U.S. siege, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004. An earlier message left by soldiers reads: 'This is for the Americans of Blackwater that were murdered here in 2004, Semper Fidelis 3/5.' (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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US Marines of the 1st Division raid a house where they found improvised explosive devices (IED) in the western part of Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004. U.S. military officials said Saturday that US Forces had now 'occupied' the entire city of Fallujah. The U.S. military's ground and air assault of Fallujah has gone quicker than expected, with the entire city occupied after six days of fighting, the Marine commander who planned the offensive said Sunday. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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An Iraqi prisoner of war, left, awaits treatment at the 31st Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites) Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004 as medical staff work on a wounded American soldier in the background.(AP Photo/John Moore)
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American Army doctors treat the broken leg of an Iraqi prisoner of war captured in Fallujah, according to hospital officials, after he was transported to the 31st Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites) Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004. (AP Photo/John Moore)
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Iraqi children play on a small hand turned Ferris wheel at a park in Baghdad. Festivities for the Eid al-Fitr Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan were dampened by the death of iconic Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) and unprecedented violence in Iraq (news - web sites).(AFP/Marwan Naamani)
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U.S. Army Doctor Maj. Jennifer Greco comforts a family member of an Iraqi civilian woman with shrapnel wounds who was brought to the 31st Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites) Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004. The woman's condition was stable. AP Photo/John Moore)
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U.S. Army doctor Maj. Charlie Clark works on the face of an American soldier recovering from shrapnel wounds at the 31st Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites) Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004. (AP Photo/John Moore)
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A U.S. Army nurse leaves an operating room as surgeons work to save the life of an American soldier with shrapnel wounds at the 31st Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites) Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004. On the operating door is a Thanksgiving decoration.(AP Photo/John Moore)
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U.S. Army Sgt. Todd Foxworth carries a foot in a cooler which was transported with a wounded Iraqi National Guardsman to the 31st Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites) Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004. Although the soldier's condition was stabilized Sunday, Army doctors said that reattaching the foot was not a medical option. (AP Photo/John Moore)
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A US Marine secures the area next to dead bodies in the western part of Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday, Nov 15. 2004. U.S. ground forces were trying to corner the remaining resistance in the city. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Military photographers with the US Marines document the damage along the main street in Fallujah. US-led forces will probably need up to five more days to finish clearing Fallujah of rebels after a week of fierce fighting that left 38 US soldiers and more than 1,200 insurgents dead.(AFP/Patrick Baz)
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US Marines rest against the shrapnel damaged shutters of stores in Fallujah. Warplanes struck Fallujah as US-led forces hunted for diehard rebels after taking almost total control of the city in a week-long battle that killed 38 US soldiers and more than 1,200 insurgents.(AFP/Patrick Baz) |
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