Posted on 11/05/2004 1:09:08 PM PST by STARWISE
BOOM! It's on!
About time, to lance the boil!!!
Can't wait for the video.. Clean that damned city out already.
How about a week of heavy carpet bombing before the soldiers march in?
Come to Falujah, plenty of parking. Ah, actually, nothing but parking.
11/5/2004 - FALLUJAH, Iraq (AFPN) -- U.S. Air Force aircraft launched precision munitions to destroy preplanned targets here Nov. 4.
As part of Multinational Force-Iraq, the Airmen joined coalition partners and U.S. Marines in the offensive.
Shortly after midnight, an Air Force aircraft supported a Marine element and struck a preplanned target with precision weapons. The strike was against known anti-Iraqi fighting barricaded positions in the northeastern part of the city, officials said.
About 30 minutes later, Air Force aircraft also supported a Marine element and destroyed several known barricaded fighting positions. This preplanned mission occurred in the southeast, officials said.
Later in the afternoon, an Air Force aircraft destroyed two fortified buildings in the southeastern part of the city being occupied by armed insurgents. This strike on the preplanned target also supported a Marine element.
That evening, an Air Force aircraft destroyed barricaded fighting positions in the northern part of the city. The strike on the preplanned target supported a Marine element.
Since Nov. 1, multinational forces recovered and destroyed 129 mortars, 42 artillery shells, 38 rocket-propelled grenades, 12 rockets, seven mines, 126 detonators, 350 electronic timers, 16 blasting caps, 14 grenades, three sticks of dynamite, eight AK-47 semi-automatic rifles and more than a thousand rounds of ammunition. (Courtesy of U.S. Central Command)
Praying for our troops and the troops of our allies!!
Them Aholes gonna find out what it is like to face the US Marines in a real battle
No more car bomb fire fight type warfare
Good plan, drop Kerry too.
Or Moore, now THAT'S a MOAB!
However, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan (news - web sites) warned that the election could be undermined by a new campaign against Fallujah because of a possible backlash from the Sunni Muslim community.
did he say this before or after counting his booty from the oil for food program?
Doogle
Hopefully, Allawi gets on board with crushing the islamofascist whackjobs gathere in Fallujah so our guys don't have to keep on taking the same ground. This is long past due as is Ramallah. Crush the bastards.
I say level the city for 10 straight days. With an intermittent 2 hr window. Then proceed for another ten. No coalition troops including Iraqui solders should die for these deadenders. Once the bombing is done, then the troops move in.
Syrians would be familiar with this strategy but the difference is that the city is all but empty unlike the following campaign in Syria: For 27 days starting from February 2nd 1982, the Syrian forces put Hama under a siege, shelled the town with all kinds of artillery, then Hama was ravaged by military and special forces, and its civilians were severely punished. The estimated victims range between 30000 and 40000 civilians including ladies, children and elderlies. 15000 civilians were considered lost since then and had never traced back. Thousands of civilians were obliged to desert the town, as one third of Hama had been completely destroyed. Many mosques, churches and historical buildings were left in rubbles as a consequence to the government’s artillery bombardment.
Any questions???
Prayers up for our gallant men, and for the Brit regiment!
May God hold them all in the palm of His hand during the Battle of Fallujah!
This is why air power is so important.
1) They take weeks to build a barricaded position.
2) we see it.
3) we blow it away.
Blow 'em away.
They got nothing to say.
"Also Friday, U.S. Marines fired on a civilian vehicle that did not stop at a checkpoint in Fallujah, killing an Iraqi woman and wounding her husband, according to the U.S. military and witnesses. The car didn't notice the checkpoint at the time, witnesses said.
"Marines fire upon vehicles only as a last resort when verbal and visual warnings to stop fail. Such was the case today," the Marines said in an e-mailed response."
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