Posted on 10/14/2004 3:27:27 PM PDT by jmc1969
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- American troops and Iraqi special forces launched a major operation in Falluja late Thursday aimed at disrupting future attacks by insurgents who control the volatile city, the U.S. military said.
U.S. warplanes pounded targets in the Sunni Triangle city, lighting up the nighttime sky and jolting a city that has been a hotbed for the insurgency for months.
1st Lt. Lyle Gilbert, a spokesman for the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, said Marines, Army soldiers and Iraqi special forces were participating "in and near the city of Falluja."
The ground forces were being backed up by fixed-wing aircraft and helicopter gunships, he said.
"We've been looking forward to this for a long time," Gilbert said from from the U.S. base Camp Falluja.
"It's a long time in coming, and this operation is going to set the stage for Fallujans and for the Iraqi people to go out and elect their government and live in freedom and security as they deserve," he said.
Hours earlier, Iraqi national security adviser Kasim Dawood said the government was preparing to "smash" the deeply entrenched insurgency in Falluja if city officials failed to turn in militants.
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(I have gotten into the habit of calling them "Troops'.)
I doubt they're offended, as a former cavalryman I no I never was but the jarhea..uh I mean Marines might have a problem with it. Simper Fi fellas, an Get some!
Iraqi national security adviser Kasim Dawood said the government was preparing to "smash" the deeply entrenched insurgency in Falluja if city officials failed to turn in militants.Time for the gov't (of Iraq) to offer a reward -- maybe $1000 a head. "Just throw 'em out, but write your name on 'em in ink, so we know whom to pay." ;')
The last thing a terrorist see before he enters hell.
"May God grant victory on the battlefield and protection for our troupes"
They're Marines, not the USO!!!
:)
Yeah, "get some" has its own meaning, I was just having a bit of fun expressing my sentiments. And "Get 'em all" is meant for the terrorists, not the harried citizenry of Falluja.
No, flatten all the sob insurgents, NOW!
"May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't." - George Patton
Since you mentioned him - my two favorie quotes from Patton are:
"The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his."
"Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won with men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads, that gains the victory."
Killing bad guys ~ Bump!
Death To all Islamofascist terrorists!
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