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Marines Encircle Fallouja (Operation Valiant Resolve commencing)
LA Times ^
| 4-4-04
| Tony Perry and Edmund Sanders
Posted on 04/04/2004 10:01:15 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
FALLOUJA, Iraq — Thousands of Marines surrounded this anti-American stronghold early today in preparation for a complex raid to retake control of the city and apprehend those responsible for last week's slayings of four U.S. security contractors.
The highly anticipated action, dubbed Operation Valiant Resolve, was expected to be one of the biggest military offensives since the fall of Saddam Hussein's government a year ago.
All roads leading to this city of 300,000 were cut off and barricaded with tanks and concertina wire. Working through the cold and windy desert night, under a large moon, Marines set up camps for detainees and residents who might flee any fighting. Before dawn, several Marine positions were hit by mortar rounds and rocket-propelled grenade fire. Bursts of automatic gunfire could be heard throughout the city.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: ca; fallouja; falluja; fallujah; iraq; marines; muslims; opvaliantresolve; valiantresolve
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To: BurbankKarl
Operation Payback's a Bitch commencing! Yes!
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posted on
04/04/2004 10:02:43 PM PDT
by
Chad Fairbanks
(She says I don't listen, or something like that...)
To: Chad Fairbanks
Camp Pendleton Ping
To: BurbankKarl
All roads leading to this city of 300,000 were cut off and barricaded with tanks and concertina wire.
2 days too late.
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posted on
04/04/2004 10:03:18 PM PDT
by
breakem
To: BurbankKarl
Tallyho and good hunting, marines.
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posted on
04/04/2004 10:03:26 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(I'm not always cranky.)
To: BurbankKarl
Oh sweeeeet. Operation Kick Butt is about to begin.
To: Travis McGee; Howlin; Cindy; Squantos
fyi
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posted on
04/04/2004 10:03:39 PM PDT
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
To: All
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posted on
04/04/2004 10:03:41 PM PDT
by
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To: Chad Fairbanks
Bet news I've had all week !
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posted on
04/04/2004 10:03:45 PM PDT
by
Freesofar
To: BurbankKarl
Damn! Where are the live web cams??
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posted on
04/04/2004 10:04:20 PM PDT
by
bonfire
To: BurbankKarl
Prayers bumped up for our troops.
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posted on
04/04/2004 10:05:23 PM PDT
by
armymarinemom
(Bring Them Home Now.org--The Few, The Loud, The Latrine)
To: BurbankKarl
Why is there a need to go into the city?
Stop all water and food shipments into the city.
To: BurbankKarl
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!
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posted on
04/04/2004 10:05:51 PM PDT
by
Betaille
("Show them no mercy, for none shall be shown to you")
To: OpressoDeLiber
ping
Thought you might find this interesting.
To: BurbankKarl; Old Sarge; HiJinx
It's about dang time. Let's roll!
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posted on
04/04/2004 10:06:13 PM PDT
by
StarCMC
(Kalen is home!!! Kalen is home!!! Thank you for all your prayers and support!!)
To: Chad Fairbanks
bet our soldiers are happy to be doing something other than driving around as open targets.
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posted on
04/04/2004 10:06:40 PM PDT
by
ambrose
("I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it" - John F. al-Query)
To: StarCMC; TEXOKIE; TexKat; Ragtime Cowgirl; TexasCowboy
Prayers up for our heroes...
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posted on
04/04/2004 10:07:22 PM PDT
by
StarCMC
(Kalen is home!!! Kalen is home!!! Thank you for all your prayers and support!!)
To: BurbankKarl
Is LA Times one of the newspapers that won't allow full reprints here on FR? Too bad if they are because I'm not about to register with them.
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posted on
04/04/2004 10:07:38 PM PDT
by
SBprone
To: BurbankKarl; MJY1288; Ernest_at_the_Beach; MeekOneGOP; Grampa Dave; JohnHuang2; kattracks; ...
May God watch over our troops on this important operation!
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posted on
04/04/2004 10:07:49 PM PDT
by
kayak
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To: LdSentinal
Burn the house down to get the termites, eh?
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posted on
04/04/2004 10:07:49 PM PDT
by
TheDon
(John Kerry, self proclaimed war criminal, Democratic Presidential nominee)
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