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Operation Phantom Fury Live Thread
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| 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.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: falluja; fallujah; iraq; napalminthemorning; religionofpeace; usmc; wot
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To: PureSolace
641
posted on
11/08/2004 12:17:51 PM PST
by
cgk
(The Left was beaten by Pres Bush twice & will never have another shot at him... who's dumb?)
To: Dog
We warned them we'd fire on mosques used for cover by bad guys to shoot from
642
posted on
11/08/2004 12:17:54 PM PST
by
cake_crumb
(UN Resolutions=Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
To: Dog
643
posted on
11/08/2004 12:18:00 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Now that you are engaged in the political process, stay engaged!)
To: DollyCali
Time lapse photo, that's the only way you'll see the "tornado" (not that the effect of the fire is any less devastating)....
644
posted on
11/08/2004 12:18:46 PM PST
by
freebilly
(freebillus est freeperus bonus....)
To: Dog
"FOX: The resistance has so far been moderate.....the terrorists had a thinline on the outskirts of the city.....and seems to be falling back into the city center"They're going underground. Literally
645
posted on
11/08/2004 12:19:27 PM PST
by
cake_crumb
(UN Resolutions=Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
To: Dog
Shep is the typical reporter posing all the negatives...
646
posted on
11/08/2004 12:19:35 PM PST
by
MEG33
( Congratulations President Bush!..Thank you God. Four More Years!)
To: unspun
I sure hope they give up, at that point.I don't. In fact, I hope none of them surrender.
Kill 'em all!
647
posted on
11/08/2004 12:19:43 PM PST
by
Lurking in Kansas
(I'm just a guy sitting in my living room in my pajamas...)
To: Dog
648
posted on
11/08/2004 12:19:45 PM PST
by
michigander
(The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
To: Polybius
Question for Military people:
That smoke, above them in the sky . . is that from our arty illumination rounds ?
649
posted on
11/08/2004 12:19:57 PM PST
by
ChadGore
(59,459,765 Bush fans can't be wrong.)
To: MEG33; Dog
Plane crash in Detroit:
650
posted on
11/08/2004 12:19:58 PM PST
by
cgk
(The Left was beaten by Pres Bush twice & will never have another shot at him... who's dumb?)
To: cake_crumb
I am going to turn off Fox...Shep just used the term .....this "door to door thing"
Shep now on to the Scott Peterson case......and the plane that fell out of the sky.....oh my.
651
posted on
11/08/2004 12:20:02 PM PST
by
Dog
To: MEG33
652
posted on
11/08/2004 12:20:09 PM PST
by
pissant
To: King Prout
Kofi is keyword for BARF alert!
653
posted on
11/08/2004 12:20:15 PM PST
by
AZamericonnie
(Operation Phantom Fury....Pray for our military!)
To: MEG33
Small plane..passenger and pilot walked away..two houses damaged..no details The plane looks awful! Wow! If they walked away after what you described, God has truly blessed them. :)
654
posted on
11/08/2004 12:20:34 PM PST
by
PureSolace
(A Conservative bases his politics from his morals, and a Liberal bases his morals from his politics.)
To: Polybius
I have word from a very high level and reliable source that the U.S. will not target mosques and that the jihadis will be safe if they cram into the city center mosques. That's about as fine a way of incarceration as any, at first.
655
posted on
11/08/2004 12:21:10 PM PST
by
unspun
(unspun.info | Did U work your precinct, churchmembers, etc. for good votes?)
To: ChadGore
arty illumination rounds No...its daylight...illumination rounds are used to see in the dark.
656
posted on
11/08/2004 12:21:23 PM PST
by
Dog
To: pissant
Try the cspan.org website. Look just below the ad for what's playing right now, to "Recent Vedeos". It'll probably be on there at some point soon, if not already
657
posted on
11/08/2004 12:21:34 PM PST
by
cake_crumb
(UN Resolutions=Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
To: Dog
It should be dark in Iraq by now.
658
posted on
11/08/2004 12:23:13 PM PST
by
Conservababe
(Liberal...One whose mind is so open the brains are spilling out.)
To: Conservababe
Look at the photo Chad posted.
659
posted on
11/08/2004 12:24:03 PM PST
by
Dog
To: TalonDJ
"not for long."
Amen to that.
660
posted on
11/08/2004 12:24:30 PM PST
by
Gucho
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