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.
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If you should ever see one with lots of pointy things sticking out of the side and flying 'round you in a hard bank; you'll know better.
C-130 is a converted gun platform and was called Puff the Magic Dragon in Nam.Gatling uns chew up the landscape with multiple cannon fire.
I think it is called a AC-130.
C does stand for cargo in the A.F.
I volunteer. Have laptop. And weapons.
CNN, Brig Gen David Grange, Analyst, says a plan is in place ready to begin rebuilding as soon as the insurgency is killed off.
heck yeah, they can rain down 105 mm howitzer shells. Bye-Bye men in black hats, your day has come.
Yes remember what happend to Geraldo when he drew that map in the sand.... he was otta there pronto!
"Well, what are you waiting for? Pack up your laptop and get going!"
I wouldn't be a good embed reporter. I would be too inclined to grab a 60 and start shooting lol
well, it's a good thing the election campaign is over or the MSM wouldn't be showing anything at all... (just interviewing enemy "doctors" to count civ casualties)
bunched too close, dammit!
that's the bitch of door-to-door urb-ops: tactical spacing is difficult to maintain
Regarding all the names for military operations, I have a suggestion to resolve the strange, strange circumstances surrounding Arafat's "he's dead, "he's not" situation.
Call it:
"OPERATION BURY ME".
Great idea. Especially since they are so convinced that we are the oppressors of the women and children over there. They could take a trip to "F-town" and ensure that we are treating the Iraqi citizens fairly.
There was a Marine firing from inside the building as well. That's what was kicking up the dust in that shell hole.
LOL...here we go again....
The Marines shoved him into the breech of a tank gun and fired him at the jihadists.
of course we ALL KNOW that is because there are no car chases to report.
Amen and Amen, in Jesus name.
Might have missed this but can we blow up "holy" sites? Those will be their last place of refuge.
I suspect that there is very little information in this particular battle that the nasty guys would be able to glean from FR that they will not be able to see for themselves. The situation is completely a tactical one, so it is unlikely we're going to have to worry too much about what is posted here today.
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