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Images from the Battle of Fallujah (lest we forget or take it for granted)
Yahoo News Photos ^ | 11/12/04

Posted on 11/12/2004 11:27:25 AM PST by Wolfstar

This thread honors the service and sacrifice of our Armed Forces, and reminds us of why we here at home can go about our daily business in peace. Street-to-street is the toughest type of warfare. Air cover is being flown by pilots from the USS John F. Kennedy, as well as the U.S. Air Force from bases in the area.



TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: army; battle; falluja; fallujah; georgewbush; iraq; marines; napalminthemorning; pictures; religionofpeace; terror; terrorists; tonyblair; uk; urbanwarfare; usa; wot
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To: 7.62 x 51mm
Is that a woman in combat, in the 4th pic from top?

I initially wondered that myself, but as far as I know, we have no women in actual combat units. Support units in theaters of combat, yes, but not actual fighting units. Remember that many of these troops are very young -- 18, 19 years old. Some young, boyish faces can appear somewhat feminine, especially when all we see are the features minus clues like hair, physical build, and so on.

21 posted on 11/12/2004 11:39:04 AM PST by Wolfstar (Yippeeeee!!!! A great election victory AND a new puppy in the White House. Life is good.)
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To: Wolfstar

Go Army, Go Big Red One !!
Go Marines, Semper Fi !!
HOO-AHHH !!!!!


22 posted on 11/12/2004 11:39:06 AM PST by Tuba Guy
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To: Wolfstar

May God be with our armed forces...I thank each one for serving and sacrificing for our country.

AMERICA ...HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE


23 posted on 11/12/2004 11:39:16 AM PST by MEG33 ( Congratulations President Bush!..Thank you God. Four More Years!)
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To: finnman69

Killing bad guys ~ Bump!


24 posted on 11/12/2004 11:39:17 AM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: finnman69

Great photos, finnman. Thanks for adding them to this thread.


25 posted on 11/12/2004 11:39:54 AM PST by Wolfstar (Yippeeeee!!!! A great election victory AND a new puppy in the White House. Life is good.)
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To: Wolfstar

I'm saving these for the next time someone starts whining about gen-Xer's.


26 posted on 11/12/2004 11:40:39 AM PST by Spok (Father of four real Americans)
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To: 7.62 x 51mm
Is that a woman in combat, in the 4th pic from top? Pls say it ain't so...

Look at the 6th one from the top too.

27 posted on 11/12/2004 11:41:40 AM PST by Spiff (Don't believe everything you think.)
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To: 7.62 x 51mm

For your sake, I hope it is.


28 posted on 11/12/2004 11:41:56 AM PST by rabidralph (Your car's not as cool in person as it is on TV.)
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To: Wolfstar

God bless America's heros!


29 posted on 11/12/2004 11:42:44 AM PST by ezo4
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To: My2Cents; leftcoastlibertarian; All
To all who say thanks for posting this thread, you could not be more warmly welcome. But our Armed Forces are the ones who deserve all the thanks.

M2C, I'm so sorry about the two Marines from the Central Valley who were killed in Iraq. In a small way, this thread honors them and all our Marines, soldiers, Air Force and Navy pilots fighting at this very moment in Fallujah. God bless and keep them all.

30 posted on 11/12/2004 11:44:52 AM PST by Wolfstar (Yippeeeee!!!! A great election victory AND a new puppy in the White House. Life is good.)
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To: 7.62 x 51mm

I bet there are five or six women underneath all that MOPP gear. Oh the humanity!
31 posted on 11/12/2004 11:45:38 AM PST by rabidralph (Your car's not as cool in person as it is on TV.)
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To: MEG33

Meg, do you know how to ping the FR USO canteen and/or Armed Forces ping lists? If not, do you know who might? I'd like to invite all to join us in this small, but heartfelt tribute.


32 posted on 11/12/2004 11:46:34 AM PST by Wolfstar (Yippeeeee!!!! A great election victory AND a new puppy in the White House. Life is good.)
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To: 7.62 x 51mm
"Is that a woman in combat"?

Why should that upset you?

33 posted on 11/12/2004 11:46:36 AM PST by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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To: Wolfstar

Knock knock?

34 posted on 11/12/2004 11:51:05 AM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: Wolfstar

God be with our brave troops!


35 posted on 11/12/2004 11:51:06 AM PST by kaki
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To: Wolfstar

Such young kids now becoming such brave men. I pray that we honor them a lot better than John "Jenjis Khaaan" Kerry did after Nam.

And those pictures of our men carrying off a fallen comrade makes me want to cry, and I don't cry.


36 posted on 11/12/2004 11:52:06 AM PST by JusPasenThru (The Democrats need to get over their love affair with abortion.)
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To: All

God bless and keep our soldiers safe.


37 posted on 11/12/2004 11:52:30 AM PST by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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To: pbrown

Oh get off the Betty Friedan stuff just for one day, will you?


38 posted on 11/12/2004 11:52:51 AM PST by JusPasenThru (The Democrats need to get over their love affair with abortion.)
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To: pbrown; rabidralph

Women in combat support positions don't bother me, but women in direct combat, do. I'm hoping it's just a youngish-faced man.

See post #21...


39 posted on 11/12/2004 11:54:16 AM PST by 7.62 x 51mm (• veni • vidi • vino • visa • "I came, I saw, I drank wine, I shopped")
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To: JusPasenThru

Get off the macho bull-$hit for just one day,will you?


40 posted on 11/12/2004 11:54:41 AM PST by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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