Senior Iraqi Officials Claim Fallujah 'Liberated'

washingtonpost.com ^ | Sunday, November 14, 2004 | Jackie Spinner and Karl Vick

[crushelits]

FALLUJAH, Iraq, Nov. 13 -- As senior Iraqi officials declared Fallujah liberated, U.S. forces on Saturday continued intense combat operations aimed at securing the last section of the city from an insurgent force fighting with surprising discipline, organization and the trappings of a professional army, American commanders said.

In the southernmost section of Fallujah, where a showdown still loomed, U.S. soldiers discovered an underground bunker and steel-enforced tunnels connecting a ring of houses filled with weapons, medical supplies and bunk beds.

[elizabetty]

But Al-Jazeera said we were losing control.

Who to believe?

[winner3000]

Washington Post claims to be "objective".

[Nachum]

We should begin to return the captured fighters to their various countries immediately. By air drop. No parachutes.

[PhotoFixer3]

I question the timing... ;)

[endthematrix]

And 200,000 city folk whisper under their breath, "Thank Allah for the Americans!"

[TheCrusader]

"U.S. forces on Saturday continued intense combat operations aimed at securing the last section of the city from an insurgent force fighting with surprising discipline, organization and the trappings of a professional army"

That's probably why these particular insurgents have managed to live this long, they're trained professionals. But the U.S. Army and Marines are about to bring their careers to an abrupt end.

[BJClinton]

It's a tossup, what does CBS say?

[elizabetty]

Yeah, that's the ticket. Will know when Dan Rather hits this biscuit with a dab of gravy.

[peyton randolph]

It's a tossup, what does CBS say?

They're waiting to receive a fax from a Texas Kinkos before making the call. Courage!

[rightinthemiddle]

I love how they use "Claim" in the headlines. Whe don't the just use "Says?"

Anything that has to do with Bush, Military or Business, they use "claim."

[MEG33]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041114/wl_mideast_afp/iraq&cid=1514&ncid=1480
Mideast - AFP


Iraq says Fallujah offensive over, but Rumsfeld disagrees

[crushelits]

No unless they're making up the story a la CBS, or NYT.

[injin]

one day there will be many incredible books written about
this and other fights........

[visualize-no-libs]

Seriously, don't f*&$ with the US's supreme firepower--hope you're enjoying your virgins, insurgents....

[squirt-gun]

insurgents

The media has trained everyone to call these animals..."insurgents" since that is politically correct and not offensive.

In reality they are all Muslim terrorits.

[Westbrook]

squirt-gun wrote:

In reality they are all Muslim terrorists.

"Muslim Terrorist" is a redundant expression.

[visualize-no-libs]

Summed up in one photo:

[DonnerT]

Let's coin a new word for all of them.

MuTee, MuTees, Muter, MuTers, MooTers or MT's

And use no other term but one of those when referring to any Muslim/Mooslim terrorist/s.

[independentmind]

When we found those boys in that bunker with their equipment, it became a whole new ballgame," said Pfc. Troy Langley, 19, of Wister, Okla., who is assigned to Task Force 2-2 of the Army's 1st Infantry Division. "The way these guys fight is different than the insurgents."

So who trained them?