Tell, me General - your military experience?
How many "skirmishes or battles" have you fought -- and what is the difference...
Tell, me General - how many of your family members have gone to Iraq/Afghanistan, and put at risk?
What exactly from MY post, got your shorts in a knot?
Semper Fi
SEVERAL people were killed and others wounded today when US troops fought insurgents in the restive Sunni Muslim town of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, a witness said.
There was no official confirmation of the report but US forces sealed all the roads leading to Fallujah, barricading residents inside the flashpoint town
"US forces bombed the Goland residential neighbourhood after coming under mortar attack from unknown assailants," Borhan Abed, a resident of the northern Fallujah neighbourhood, said.
Several people were killed, others wounded and some houses hit, said Abed, adding that he went on to the roof of his house when the fighting started and saw US aircraft overhead.
According to Abed the fighting erupted at 4.00 am (10am AEST) and lasted 90 minutes.
US forces erected sand barricades on roads and bridges leading in and out of Fallujah.
The US-led occupation forces said meanwhile that they had closed the highways linking Baghdad to Jordan that run through Fallujah and the neighbouring town of Ramadi. The roads are normally busy each day with travellers entering and leaving Iraq.
Four US civilian contractors were ambushed last week by gunmen in Fallujah and the bodies of two hacked and mutilated, sending shock waves across the world. The US military has vowed a painful retaliation.
From news.com.au