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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You're probably right. My recollection -- probably wrong -- is that it's a tracer every 5th round. But again, I'm probably wrong.
"Whoa! Would like to be seeing that one - from a safe distance away!"
Awesome sight. Bet lot of the animals are trying to high tail it.
there is that, yes.
and KoRn's point is valid.
And don't forget "Operation lets get in touch with our inner child".
Just kidding LOL
there is that, yes.
and KoRn's point is valid.
also, in light or obscure-vision ops where we have visual ascendency and the enemy is basically blind, the sound signature of the AK might confuse them (whereas the sharper bark of the 16 would help them)
(days of the year gloat!)
What does "went to ground" mean?
It's tracers from the guns. In person, it looks like lasers which is impressive, but then when you realize that the tracer is only every 100th round, it is a freakin unbelievable rain of steel.
grr... "low light or obscure vision ops"
Okay. Henry V, Act IV, Scene III
got away (again)
Our dudes are so cool.
thanks for info on the tracers.. interesting how they do this time lapse.. not much time, my guess. a few seconds
"They think Iraq now is now weak, but I warn them from this platform that hours of seriousness have begun," Allawi said of the insurgents. "I will never permit anyone to inflict harm on the Iraqi people, whether they are foreign terrorists or Saddam loyalists."
Those S*** talking "clerics" need to die too.
This battle will send a chilling message to terrorists in other Iraqi cities. That is, give up or die.
The AK-74 fires a .224 and will chamber a .223.
In the fight at Somalia,our little .223 killed over 500 enemy while their 7.60 only took down 18 of our guys.
The 7.62 is more of a through and through bullet where the .223 tears up the body.IMO
Specifically it means laying down under cover. It is usually used to mean a person has gone into deep hiding.
They blew up a lot of booby traps,too.
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld & Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard Myers hold a briefing for the Pentagon press on the ongoing U.S.-Iraqi offensive in Fallujah and on other military operations.
MON., 2PM ET[NOW], NET. TBA (C-span)
interesting thing about FReeping.. you can be here on a war thread & ask other questions on almost ANYTHING and the depth of knowledge & info that returns is boundless.
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