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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I am only here briefly have to go see my mom at the nursing home .....could someone please ping me to anything important.
We will never get out of there if this is the extent of their bravery. These people are real brave when they behead someone outnumbered 5 to 1.
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US Forces Advance in Fallujah.
http://tv.reuters.co.uk/ifr_main.jsp?st=1099935107153&rf=bm&mp=WMP&wmp=1&rm=0&cpf=false&fr=110404_103413_17d5d2ax10003cb0bf2xw5e6e&rdm=547797.4202360758
Live thread ping!
any news on our guys?
Fox's coverage sucks...trying MSNBC
I'm happy Robertson supports the Prez, but he is like a crazy aunt who needs to spend more time OUT of the spotlight.
1. If a tank is placed in the line of a row of houses and fires a round, how many houses does this projectile go through? Does it leave enough of a hole for soldiers to go through? What I'm getting at is can the tank make entrances to these buildings (that are most likely boobytrapped) and how many houses in a row are affected.
2. What type of ordinance is available to the tank commander? Can you fire a round that will blow a hole in a building and then release an explosive cannister with schrapnel?.
Just asking because I am not familiar.
Prayers to our brave soldiers.
. . . wish I was there . . .
Thanks
Agreed...they are discussing the political ramifactions to this operation.....who gives a crap about politcs...Americans are fighting at this hour.
Isn't Greg Palcott embedded in Falluja??
Oh. good..I was thinking as I was going from thread to thread that we needed a "Situation Room"!
They have these canister rounds with these little darts called fleschettes that are supposed to be nahsty in the extreme.
Here is some breaking news:
Several U.S. tanks move into Iraq's Falluja - Marines
FALLUJA, Iraq, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Several U.S. Marine tanks entered the rebel Iraqi city of Falluja as part of an all-out offensive on Monday to retake the city from insurgents, said a Reuters reporter on the edge of the city.
Marine radio traffic indicated that the tanks had advanced into the city and guerrillas were putting up some resistance.
The U.S. military continued to bombard the city with artillery and from the air.
Any news on Scott Peterson?
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