[epluribus_2]

can we get updates today from homesteaders for us cube bound observers? Apparently CNN is seriously trying to be the best look into this operation but there is little or no info hitting the nets... any volunteers?

[Raycpa]

One Iraqi battalion shrunk from over 500 men down to 170 over the past two weeks — with 255 members quitting over the weekend, the correspondent said

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.

[sonofatpatcher2]

Re: "Apparently CNN is seriously trying to be the best look into this operation...:

Apparently (and as I watched for a few minutes) CNN is as usual taking the tone that our troops are the bad guys and freely giving location & movement info over CNN International that would give aid and comfort to the terrorists.

Gad! We need to give both the terrorists and CNN International-terrorists a bloody lesson they will never forget!

[IDontLikeToPayTaxes]

PHANTOM FURY........I love the name of the operation !

[spald]

I'd like to ask a few questions from a weapons specialist, particularly one familiar with tanks.

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.

[bored at work]

. . . wish I was there . . .

[www.hunderdpercenter.com]

http://hundredpercenter.blogspot.com/2004/11/as-us-troops-prepare-for-major.html

[areafiftyone]

Thanks for starting a thread:

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.

[BlessedBeGod]

Sic 'em, guys!

[Billthedrill]

Clamping down on movement, US troops banned men aged from 15 to 50 from entering or leaving Fallujah, warning they could become a target.

No revolving door this time, guys. Be sure to say "hi" to the Marines for me...

[MeekOneGOP]

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[KMC1]

Semper Fi and God Bless Each one of them!!!

[Lijahsbubbe]

Operation Phantom Fury Live Thread ping

[lilylangtree]

Use all of the explosive RAID fellows; we're behind you 100%. Hail to our troops!

[TomGuy]

MSNBC reporter: 4000 troops entering from the north. Full-scale ground assault. 24 hour curfew on city. Arrest killer; "If you kill them, let it be", Alawi (sp) the Iraqi PM said.

Army 1st ID reporter, Jackie Spinner (phone report MSNBC). 1.5 hours ago, entered the city, detonating booby traps. Some resistance. Impossible to tell how long battle will last. Big battle will be when they reach further into the inner city where most of the 'insurgents' are.

Preparing for door-to-door, if necessary.

Troops were anxious to get in, restless, in the 'hurry up and wait' mode. Glad to be in action.

[OXENinFLA]

Sat Nov 6,12:38 PM ET

US Marines of the 1st Division dressed as gladiators stage a chariot race reminiscent of the Charlton Heston movie-complete with confiscated Iraqi horses at their base outside Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday, Nov. 6 , 2004. For U.S. Marines tapped to lead an expected attack on insurgent-held Fallujah, the bags have been packed, trucks have been loaded and final letters have been sent, leaving one final task - the 'Ben-Hur.' (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

[nuconvert]

pong

[TomGuy]

CNN on-ground reporter, Jane Arraf, says troops have been told no PC. If they are fired on, for example, from a house, he have the authorization to demonish the house (no Miranda Rights type stuff).

[Wneighbor]

Iraq prayer ping!

[demlosers]

U.S. troops with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Lima Company secure a building in northeast Fallujah on Monday.(msnbc)

[TomGuy]

CNN, Brig Gen David Grange, Analyst, says a plan is in place ready to begin rebuilding as soon as the insurgency is killed off.