[Gucho]

"Thanks to the UK and PM Tony Blair for their support to root out terror. Black Watch soldiers remain defiant Black Watch soldiers in Iraq's "triangle of death" said the killing of four of their comrades had strengthened their resolve to stay and see their task through."


Great support from TB & the UK.....The Pentagon expects the battle for Fallujah to take about one week and estimated there are about 2,000 to 5,000 enemy fighters, about half of whom are non-Iraqi.

[No Blue States]

Its going to be a long week for me, just a Military fan.

I cant imagine what the Families of these soldiers are going through.

You would think at some point the cities residents would over run the terrorists once we kill enough of them off.

"Baghdad's international airport was closed to military traffic after a missile was fired at a C130 transport plane. The plane escaped by dropping chaff that diverted the missile.

A major first objective was a mosque about a kilometre in from the city's northern edge that the military said was being used as an arms depot. U.S. troops surrounded the site while Iraqi forces entered the mosque, the BBC reported.

Iraqi troops seized several mosques in the city and uncovered weapons caches, Metz said. "Iraq forces are leading the attack through culturally sensitive areas," said Maj.-Gen. Abdul Qader Mohan, appointed by Allawi to lead Iraqi forces in Fallujah. "Areas with schools, hospitals and mosques (will be) under the operational control of the Iraqi army."

Metz told reporters that he was working "on the assumption" that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - the most wanted terror leader in Iraq - had left Fallujah. But he insisted those fighters still in the city don't "have an escape route. We have the cordon around the city very tight."

checking out till later, take care. :)