Update on Iraq...(some are not in media yet)

Bogdan via my Brother

[bogdanPolska12]

here is what is going now right now. Battle is tense and involves multiple coalition forces..

You guys need to give me some time before I post links, since this is still on going, and lot of info i am still sorting out...

so in short..

terrorist tried to surround polish area, they gut broken up by US Marines Tanks and air support, Grom was in action selecting targets inside feluja.... developing on that...

Italians were able to repel attack and kill about 20 without a loss...as far as I know ...battle still going

Coalition forces are backed by C-130, F-15 and F-16 and with Apache, reiforcement is being call from Kuwait..developing on that

There is strong links of uprising to Iran and Saudis...Al quada is fully invovle in this

US Marines with full armor support it by tanks, helicopters and air power are in full swing...12 marines go killed...as far as I know now about 200 enemy are killed and hundres wounded....

That is just in short. Give me more time.

God Bless Ameica Bogdan

[Amelia]

The theory was that the 82nd would allow the people there to have a chance to take care of themselves and to not make matters worse. But the terrorists there obviously saw that as weakness.

I seem to recall some posts wondering why the 82nd was being replaced with 1MarDiv...why MARINES?

I think now we know. And, FWIW, the Marines have been training on this urban warfare stuff for years.

[pt17]

Everybody is a military expert these days!

Especially those who're not getting shot at.

[Broadside Joe]

It could be...but they said Armored on FOX

[SW6906]

"I just pulled up CNN for an update,..."

Why?!!? What did you expect? DON'T WATCH CNN!!!! You just encourage them when you do that. Watch Fox!

[pt17]

Thanks for the update and our best to you and yours.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Be careful, bodgan. Our enemies are listening.

[Belisaurius]

It is the 1st Armored..they were fixing to rotate out, and their reliefs are already in place, so it's like we have an extra division.

[elhombrelibre]

The Marines replacing the 82nd isn't in itself a big deal. Both are tough combat units. The Army also trains for warfare in urban environments, though I agree that the Marines began doing it earlier. I also do think the Marines are among the very best fighters in the world.

[Coop]

I seem to recall some posts wondering why the 82nd was being replaced with 1MarDiv...why MARINES? I think now we know. And, FWIW, the Marines have been training on this urban warfare stuff for years.

Look, I'm an old Marine myself. But this is not the time to be pulling out Service rivalries or comparisons. Right now all Service colors are red, white and blue.

The 82nd did a marvelous job under grueling conditions, and God bless those troops and their families.

Continued prayers for all coalition forces and innocent Iraqis during these battles.

[Savage Beast]

You're right, PR. Our greatest threat is the "Kerry/Kennedy/Democrat political opportunists" who comprise a fifth column in the United States.

[el_texicano]

JDAM them to hell!!!

[Dog]

CNN: There were Syrian fighters involved in the Ar Ramadi attack..

[Amelia]

The Marines replacing the 82nd isn't in itself a big deal. Both are tough combat units.

I'm saying there were posts here questioning why we were putting in the Marines for a peacekeeping job.

[Coop]

Why?!!? What did you expect? DON'T WATCH CNN!!!! You just encourage them when you do that. Watch Fox!

Because FNC was in a commercial. I try to obtain news from a variety of sources, but not to worry. FNC is my main source.

[Trampled by Lambs]

"CNN is saying the Iraqis in Fallujah are losing BIG.."

Well, of course they are. They may be able to hurt us a little. Some of our guys have been and will be killed and that's a horrible thing.. but how can a bunch of (relatively) poorly armed guys with old crappy equipment hope to stand up to the best fighting men in the world?

They can't.

I guess they must think that if we lose enough guys, we'll cut and run. ..it ain't gonna happen.

Its sad to me that these naive peasants are conned by their religious leaders into believing they have a chance. They're going to die in droves and all for nothing, in the end.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

This whole thing is like a cancer. You think its whupped and then it hits you in the face again. Seems we need to use a massive dose of radiation to suck the life out of this tumor.

Godspeed to the gentlemen of the USMC. The prayers of our home are with you. The missus, who is a prayer warrior of the highest magnitude, and my young ones will offer prayers to the only true God.

The moon-god of Mohammed ain't nothing but a chicken wing compared to King Jesus! Wrap the dead towelheads in pork fat and ship 'em off to hell!

[Broadside Joe]

"so it's like we have an extra division"

Well then the timing worked good this time..

[Miss Marple]

Fox reported the Syrians also.

Also, the governor is in control of Ramali, despite rumors to the contrary, per Fox.

[CasearianDaoist]

I disagree. If the funding would have been there the strikes would not have been necessary in the first place - and the Democrats did not have the constitutional power to stop them in the first place. Ford just caved. They did not cut funding all at once but over a period, the same period that the USSR and China radically increased their funding. The hatred of the old east coast establishment for Nixon because he was one of the "new men" of the
"sunbelt technology" elites that formed during WW2 cannot be discounted in the establishment struggle that found its locus in the Vietnam War. It is simplistic to regard Tet as a major cause of the shameful conclusion of that conflict. I stand by my assertion

[elhombrelibre]

Heck, we've Marines in Haiti doing peace-keeping missions. They're not exempt from that. The biggest difference between the 82nd and this Marine unit is how light the 82nd is.