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Dramatic Images Show Intense Urban Fighting(Must see Fallujah video)
yahoo ^ | 11/11/04

Posted on 11/11/2004 7:49:35 AM PST by finnman69

New video of the street-to-street fighting in Fallujah was released late on Wednesday. The footage shows U.S. Marines facing a resistance while advancing through the narrow streets of the one of the neighborhoods of Fallujah.

http://news.yahoo.com/p/v?u=/ap_av/20041111/av_ap_wl/466b61a7bf5a62d27dbfff99d7adb434&cid=452&f=53746348",650,450)


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: fallujah; iraq; usmc
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To: finnman69

God protect them and keep them safe!


41 posted on 11/11/2004 9:07:44 AM PST by tutstar ( <{{--->< http://ripe4change.4-all.org Violations of Florida Statutes ongoing!)
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To: finnman69
Man that was truly awesome. I wish I could save that to disk.. can't tell what format it is.

I wonder why there isn't more of that being posted. We have embedded reporters all over the place but nothing being released.

In all honesty I don't think we should be sending our coveted troops in there. The place should be splattered from afar.
42 posted on 11/11/2004 9:13:06 AM PST by Space Cruiser
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To: finnman69

good find, finnman.

I will add a link to this thread & this video to the "operation Daily Fury live thread" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1277193/posts


43 posted on 11/11/2004 9:15:16 AM PST by sanchmo (Prov 11:10 - "When the wicked perish, there is jubilation")
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To: Space Cruiser

What I did was use SnagIt and save the video/audio into an AVI file. It turned out about 21 megs.


44 posted on 11/11/2004 9:19:30 AM PST by TomGuy (America: Best friend or worst enemy. Choose wisely.)
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To: finnman69

Bump for later.


45 posted on 11/11/2004 9:22:19 AM PST by VegasCowboy ("...he wore his gun outside his pants, for all the honest world to feel.")
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To: finnman69

"Oh dude!"

Thanks for the post.


46 posted on 11/11/2004 9:42:22 AM PST by Owl558 (Don't tread on me!)
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To: TomGuy; Brett66; All
Here's a better photograph, posted by Fox News, than the one I posted elsewhere. I find it
haunting and captivating, his eyes alert, and his face wise but weary after a tough fight.

As it is one of the truly awesome portraits to come out of this conflict, this Marine will be
immortalized for decades. Too bad the photographer did not get his name.

He also makes me proud that we have such young fellows in our military services --
proud of him, his family and this country. Hoo-jah! ... and, thank you!



November 9, 2004: A member of Charlie Company of the U.S. Marines
First Division, Eighth regiment, smokes a cigarette in Fallujah.

47 posted on 11/11/2004 12:17:20 PM PST by OESY
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To: Senator Kunte Klinte; All
More:

Nov. 10: A U.S. military vehicle passes near a burning oil pipeline on the outskirts of Fallujah.

Nov. 9: Iraqi army troops arrive to the railroad station in Fallujah.

Nov. 8: Insurgents load a rocket-propelled grenade during an attack on U.S. forces in Fallujah.

Nov. 8: Iraqis prepare graves for those who were killed by an air strike in Fallujah.

Nov. 8: Marines of the 1st Division take position on the outskirts of Fallujah, Iraq.

Nov. 9: U.S. Marines guard the railroad station in Fallujah, Iraq.

Nov. 8: Insurgents, using small arms and mortars, launch an attack on U.S. forces in Fallujah.

Nov. 8: Marines take position on the outskirts of Fallujah, Iraq.

Nov. 8: U.S. Marines take position on the outskirts of Fallujah, Iraq.

Nov. 8: Iraq's interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi speaks at a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq.

-- photos courtesy, AP and FoxNews.com
(my apologies if you have seen some before)

48 posted on 11/11/2004 12:39:38 PM PST by OESY
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To: Nightshift

You'll want to see this!!


49 posted on 11/11/2004 12:42:30 PM PST by tutstar ( <{{--->< http://ripe4change.4-all.org Violations of Florida Statutes ongoing!)
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To: TomGuy
Thank you for the tip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
50 posted on 11/11/2004 1:24:23 PM PST by Space Cruiser (If you can read this thank a soldier)
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To: Senator Kunte Klinte


American forces pushed deeper into Falluja today after battling through the deadly streets and twisting alleyways of this rebel-held city.



Most of the 6,500 American troops and 2,000 Iraqi soldiers went over a railroad embankment at six separate points, military officials said, aiming to clear out insurgents one house at a time.



Marines tried to take cover after a phosphorus round, set off to help provide cover for tanks, rained down on the unit. No one was seriously hurt.



After engaging in fierce house-to-house fighting, marines with the First Battalion, Eighth Marines, moved in on Tuesday to secure an Islamic cultural center in Falluja, taking aim at insurgents in nearby buildings.



Outside the Islamic cultural center.



From just outside of Falluja, a marine released a "Dragon Eye" spy plane.



Marines rested on Tuesday before battle in Falluja. Military officials predicted several days of fighting ahead.



Detainees were loaded into a vehicle after being found with AK-47's during house-to-house searches.



An American marine sniper searching for enemy counterparts.



Insurgents sometimes contested every inch of the advance and sometimes melted away.



The aim of the American and Iraqi forces was to clear out insurgents one house at a time.



Heavy enemy sniper fire pinned down a marine as a smoke screen helped pave a way out.



Marines arrested Iraqis today at the railroad station.

-- photos courtesy, AP and New York Times

51 posted on 11/11/2004 1:26:17 PM PST by OESY
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To: finnman69; All

Anyone who can extract and render a wmf or mpg out of this gets a prize...


52 posted on 11/11/2004 1:31:40 PM PST by antaresequity
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To: Senator Kunte Klinte; All


An American helicopter and Humvees on the northern outskirts of Falluja on Monday.



Marines secured this bridge over the Euphrates River outside of Falluja. The bridge is the same one where the bodies of four burned and mutilated private security contractors were hanged on March 31.



A marine took cover in a ditch on Monday as American forces came under heavy fire in Falluja. A Bradley fighting vehicle patrolled nearby.



United States forces fired on insurgents in Falluja from across the river.



American commanders expected a brutal, block-by-block battle.



An American Special Forces soldier, left, with two marines, took aim on Monday at enemy positions from a roof in Falluja soon after an airstrike.



After the American forces left the roof, it was hit with mortar fire. No one was injured.



American commanders have avoided any public estimate on how long it may take to capture Falluja.



Marine commanders have warned that the new offensive could bring the heaviest urban fighting since Vietnam.



The battle for Falluja could prove the most important since the American invasion of Iraq 19 months ago.

-- photos courtesy, Getty Images and New York Times

53 posted on 11/11/2004 1:40:21 PM PST by OESY
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