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To: No Blue States; Getsmart64
Thanks.. need to look at map again.. I didn't know it was near Fallujah.. I Knew it cut thru Baghdad.

Strange isn't it that most of us 3 years ago had little/know understanding of the geography of much of the Mideast .. well, perhaps some of you did. I just knew it was the "cradle of civilization & home of Baghdad (which I first heard of when I watched TV show I Dream of Jeannie!!!!)
211 posted on 11/10/2004 11:58:33 AM PST by DollyCali (Winning isn't everything. But losing really sucks. Sorry sKerry. You're a loser in all respects.)
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To: DollyCali
3 years ago I wanted to Nuke entire nations for the sins of the few who made it to the news.
Now I realize most of that news is jaded, spun, and full of half truths or no truths.
This greatly complicated my armchair battle plans.
217 posted on 11/10/2004 12:10:14 PM PST by No Blue States
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To: DollyCali

If you want to get the tactical situation, I suggest:

http://belmontclub.blogspot.com/

They seem to have good insight. I don't know where or how they get it, but it seems to be borne out in practice.

My synopsis:
Our guys appear to have surrounded the city first, then took the bridges and hospital in the west on the river. British troops and others are in a blocking position there. Then we controlled the road east-->west possibly by air while our guys swept down from North-->South, in some type of pattern that seems to have created pockets of isolated terrorists wherever they decided to camp out. Those who ran have been herded Southward and Westward , being pinned against that central road and the River. That killing box is getting smaller and smaller as we advance now, and the terrorists are having a choice of trying to run and get killed on the road by Americans or by the British on the River, or they can themselves become an isolated pocket to be dealt with later.

Our technology has stood us in good stead, as the killing ratio appears to be on the order of 100:1 in our favor despite the great advantage of the terrorists having been dug in and setting bombs and booby traps galore. Mosques that the terrorists fire from have been targeted by our artillery and aircraft. Those that have become hideout/sanctuary are being stormed by the Iraqi forces.

Sounds like not much has been done in the Southwest quarter of the city, but it was not considered a hot spot, I guess... more attention was paid to the Southeast "industrial" part due to potentials but again wasn't the major area of action.


224 posted on 11/10/2004 12:22:38 PM PST by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
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