[finnman69]

http://www.command-post.org/mt2/mt-tb.cgi?__mode=view&entry_id=11421

More Details on Mosque Attack
10:49 AM EDT | 6:49 PM Iraq | Posted By Michele Catalano
WaPo reports the the attack on the mosque was approved after five Marines were shot at from inside the mosque.



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56942-2004Apr7.html

April 7 — U.S. forces fired missiles at a mosque in the flashpoint city of Fallujah Wednesday after taking several hours of fire from insurgents who were using it as cover to attack Marines advancing through the city.
Five Marines had been shot from the mosque before commanders authorized the use of air power and laser-guided missiles against it. They had rejected the air attack several times, according to Marine officers and radio communications monitored from a command post by a Washington Post reporter.

[GeorgiaYankee]

thanks for the link to the WAPO

"We've got to be careful," said one officer receiving a request for air support from the Marines around the mosque.

"We have some bad folks dug in," came the response. "They're creating a problem for us. What should we do? We need backup."

"We need regimental approval," came the reply.

At least three missiles were fired from a helicopter at the mosque compound, news agencies reported. Part of a wall surrounding the Abdul-Aziz Samarrai mosque was demolished, although the mosque building was not damaged, the Associated Press reported, and cars ferried bodies from the scene. The offices of an organization of Sunni clerics next door was also lightly damaged, AP said.

Looks like our guy can "thread a needle" from several thousand feet up.
From the initial reports, it sounded like we blew up the whole mosque and killed a bunch of innocents.