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Here at Free Republic there were some pretty heated debates about Fallujah. Some were convinced Bush had started to "pull an LBJ," interfering with the soldiers on the ground; others argued that the Marines (who took over for the 82nd Airborne in March 2004) knew what they were doing in hesitating before going in, guns a-blazing. It turns out that at one time or another, almost all Freepers were right. Former Marine Bing West, who co-authored the excellent story of the Marine Expeditionary Force in Operation Iraqi Freedom in his book The March Up provides something of a sequel in...

Harrison Ford may lead charge in Falluja movie Friday, December 17, 2004 Posted: 6:53 PM EST (2353 GMT) LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Producers at Universal Pictures are developing what would be Hollywood's first feature film about the war in Iraq, with actor Harrison Ford ready to portray a U.S. general in the movie, the studio said on Friday. The combat drama would be based on the upcoming book "No True Glory," an account of the battle for Falluja by Bing West, a Marine veteran and former U.S. assistant defense secretary now covering the war as a foreign correspondent, a...

Harrison Ford signs for Iraq war film Staff and agencies Thursday December 16, 2004 Harrison Ford Harrison Ford: Commissioned. Photo: PA Harrison Ford is to star in what will be Hollywood's first feature about the current Iraq war. Producers Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher have bought the option for No True Glory: The Battle for Fallujah, a non-fiction written by Slate reporter Bing West. The book is due to be published in May and tells the story of an assault on Iraqi insurgents in Falluja, from the perspective of US marines. Variety reports that Ford is already attached to play...

Ford comes to THE BATTLE FOR FALLUJAH Actor attached to movie based on Iraqi War battle Harrison Ford is now attached to play real-life U.S military General Jim Mattis in NO TRUE GLORY: THE BATTLE FOR FALLUJAH. The movie will be based on the non-fiction book being written by Bing West, a journalist reporting on the Iraq War, which is to be published come next May. The movie will center on the recent American forces attack on the insurgent-held city of Fallujah led by Mattis. The conflict arose first when four Americans were captured, killed and hanged off of a...

Harrison Ford signs for Iraq war film Staff and agencies Thursday December 16, 2004 Harrison Ford: Commissioned. Photo: PA Harrison Ford is to star in what will be Hollywood's first feature about the current Iraq war. Producers Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher have bought the option for No True Glory: The Battle for Fallujah, a non-fiction written by Slate reporter Bing West. The book is due to be published in May and tells the story of an assault on Iraqi insurgents in Falluja, from the perspective of US marines. Variety reports that Ford is already attached to play General Jim...