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Operation Phantom Fury Live Thread
msnbc, cnn, various ^ | epluribus_2

Posted on 11/08/2004 8:39:55 AM PST by epluribus_2

NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq - More than 4,000 U.S. Marines and Army troops punched their way into northeastern Fallujah on Monday, kicking off a massive assault dubbed Operation Phantom Fury that seeks to put an end to half a year of insurgent control of the Sunni Muslim city.

The prelude to the assault on the Askari neighborhood was a crushing air and artillery bombardment of the city that rose to a crescendo by Monday evening, with U.S. strike jets dropping bombs around the clock and big guns pounding the city every few minutes with high-explosive shells.

Meanwhile, insurgents in Baghdad and nearby Ramadi tried to keep up the pressure on the coalition forces with new attacks, including one on a Catholic church in the capital.

Earlier Monday U.S. troops had fought their way into the city's western outskirts, seizing two bridges over the Euphrates River and helping Iraqi soldiers take the city's main hospital in the first stage of a major assault on the insurgent stronghold.

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: falluja; fallujah; iraq; napalminthemorning; religionofpeace; usmc; wot
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

If you mean that post to which you replied, everybody knows about those things. They've been around 50 years.


141 posted on 11/08/2004 9:53:39 AM PST by Lady Jag (YAHOOO!!! W2!!!)
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To: MEG33

Thanks, Meg. I think he is retired, right?


142 posted on 11/08/2004 9:53:46 AM PST by jacquej
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To: abnegation

Lt.-Col. Scott Rudder


143 posted on 11/08/2004 9:53:57 AM PST by MEG33 ( Congratulations President Bush!..Thank you God. Four More Years!)
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To: epluribus_2; Alamo-Girl; onyx; ALOHA RONNIE; SpookBrat; Republican Wildcat; Howlin; ...
Operation Phantom Fury Live Thread


Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my General Interest ping list!. . .don't be shy.


144 posted on 11/08/2004 9:54:01 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: Howlin
Thank you, Howlin. I am at work and as usual, relying on a Live Thread.
145 posted on 11/08/2004 9:54:19 AM PST by Dolphy
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To: jacquej

yes..He is an embed.


146 posted on 11/08/2004 9:54:35 AM PST by MEG33 ( Congratulations President Bush!..Thank you God. Four More Years!)
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To: abnegation

LOL! When they said his name I had to walk back into the room and look at the TV to be sure of what it sounded like they said... then his name appeared on screen and I went "Phew!"


147 posted on 11/08/2004 9:54:35 AM PST by cgk (The Left was beaten by Pres Bush twice & will never have another shot at him... who's dumb?)
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To: abnegation; All

"AP reporter Edward Harris, embedded with Marines near the railroad station just outside the city's northern edge,"

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041108/D867QP2O2.html
I have and never will like the idea of these embedded reporters. I just cant trust them and they should'nt be that close to the fighting. Get them out and on the outskirts. Railroad station just outside? IS that a location given away? I mean ... come on...


148 posted on 11/08/2004 9:54:53 AM PST by ruready4eternity (Carpet Bomb FALLUJAH!)
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To: cgk

Whew! I'm relieved to hear they left the child molester out of it.


149 posted on 11/08/2004 9:55:08 AM PST by San Jacinto
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"Your job is to arrest the killers but if you kill them, then so be it."

The hell with arresting them.

Kill them all.

150 posted on 11/08/2004 9:55:32 AM PST by BlessedBeGod (George W. Bush -- The Terror of the Terrorists)
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To: mystery-ak

None of the coverage is very good.

BBC is showing news clips. Same with CNN, FoxNew, MSNBC.

None of the embeds apparently are streaming any feeds. Video clips seem to be from media pool, since they are basically the same.


151 posted on 11/08/2004 9:55:39 AM PST by TomGuy (His VN crumbling, he says 'move on'. So now, John Kerry is running on Bob KerrEy's Senate record.)
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To: ml1954

Correcting myself after reading further, it is night in Fallujah.


152 posted on 11/08/2004 9:55:39 AM PST by ml1954
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To: epluribus_2
Site Meter Semper Fi and God Bless Each one of them!!!
153 posted on 11/08/2004 9:55:48 AM PST by KMC1
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To: ruready4eternity

They don't talk unless approved.


154 posted on 11/08/2004 9:55:49 AM PST by MEG33 ( Congratulations President Bush!..Thank you God. Four More Years!)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Ummmm....yes.

I guarantee the enemy over there knows a heck of a lot more than we FReepers do over here, sitting in front of our computers. The enemy can watch CNN as easily as we can.

But your point is well taken. Nobody should post anything specific here as related to individual troop movements.


155 posted on 11/08/2004 9:55:53 AM PST by Choose Ye This Day (The Hubris of the DUmb: "It's our dawn, and the freepers' sunset." ........BWAHAHAHAHA!!!)
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To: Coop

"The info is coming from embedded reporters, who have been briefed on disclosure."

All it takes is one "reporter" to put our troops in harms way.

And one enemy in the US to forward a map to the terrorists.


156 posted on 11/08/2004 9:55:55 AM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (God Bless and Protect our Military and our Allies Military)
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To: epluribus_2
Operation Pest Extermination? Operation Orkin?

Hehehe! How about "Operation Dale Gribble's Revenge"?

157 posted on 11/08/2004 9:56:08 AM PST by randog (What the....?!)
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To: San Jacinto

FNC: "Militants" bombed an orthodox church in Baghdad - 30+ killed....


158 posted on 11/08/2004 9:56:33 AM PST by cgk (The Left was beaten by Pres Bush twice & will never have another shot at him... who's dumb?)
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To: Fast5
Mosques in Iraq's restive city of Fallujah announced on Monday that the fighters inside the city have captured 35 US soldiers

What's that expression from WW II, "And you can tell that to the Marines!"

159 posted on 11/08/2004 9:57:03 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine's brother (Crush your enemies; see them driven before you and hear the lamentation of their women - Conan)
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To: Fast5
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and Osama Bin Laden are trapped in Falluja

Not holding my breath on this one but that would be quite a victory!

160 posted on 11/08/2004 9:57:11 AM PST by AZamericonnie (Operation Phantom Fury....Pray for our military!)
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