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U.S. Troops Occupy All of Fallujah
Yahoo News ^ | November 13,2004 | JIM KRANE

Posted on 11/13/2004 12:40:21 PM PST by AmericanMade1776

U.S. military officials said Saturday that American troops had now "occupied" the entire city of Fallujah and there were no more major concentrations of insurgents still fighting. Artillery and airstrikes also ended after nightfall.

Iraqi officials declared the operation to free Fallujah of militants was "accomplished" but acknowledged the two most wanted figures in the city — Jordanian terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and Sheik Abdullah al-Janabi — had escaped the fighting.

But after nearly a week of intense urban combat, U.S. officers said resistance had not been entirely subdued and that it still could take several days of fighting to clear the final pockets.

The offensive against Fallujah claimed the lives of at least 24 American troops and an estimated 1,000 insurgents, and rebel attacks elsewhere — especially in the northern city of Mosul — have forced the Americans to shift troops away from Fallujah

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TOPICS: Breaking News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: fallujah; iraq; napalminthemorning; religionofpeace; wot
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1 posted on 11/13/2004 12:40:21 PM PST by AmericanMade1776
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To: AmericanMade1776

Great job, soldiers!


2 posted on 11/13/2004 12:42:07 PM PST by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed)
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To: AmericanMade1776
Foxnews is running behind on their news on this...
3 posted on 11/13/2004 12:42:28 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: AmericanMade1776

good job guys...


4 posted on 11/13/2004 12:44:23 PM PST by jern (The only poll that this site think is accurate, is the poll with W. in the lead.)
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To: AmericanMade1776

WOOOOOOHOOOO!

Way to go soldiers and marines, and Iraqis! Behind you all the way.


5 posted on 11/13/2004 12:44:43 PM PST by wvobiwan (Touchdown! Suckers walk...)
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To: AmericanMade1776

Can a terrorist just stay quiet and stay indoors till our troops eventually leave?


6 posted on 11/13/2004 12:45:58 PM PST by AM2000
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To: AmericanMade1776

Thank you Lord, thank you Marines, thank you soldiers. On to Mosul!


7 posted on 11/13/2004 12:46:27 PM PST by Aeronaut (This is no ordinary time. And George W. Bush is no ordinary leader." --George Pataki)
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To: Peach
God bless our brave soldiers.

I pray for our fallen.

8 posted on 11/13/2004 12:46:41 PM PST by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

They're too busy covering the latest Laci developments.


9 posted on 11/13/2004 12:47:10 PM PST by ambrose
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To: Aeronaut

Amen.


10 posted on 11/13/2004 12:47:33 PM PST by AmericanMade1776
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To: AmericanMade1776

God bless our troops. The next month is going to be bloody. But, now is the time to take out all the insurgents. Clean house now, so elections can take place in january or febuary. And send a message to the terrorists in Syria and Iran that they're next. Jim


11 posted on 11/13/2004 12:48:09 PM PST by jimfrommaine
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To: AmericanMade1776
U.S. military officials said Saturday that American troops had now "occupied" FREED the entire city of Fallujah and there were no more major concentrations of insurgents still fighting. Artillery and airstrikes also ended after nightfall.
12 posted on 11/13/2004 12:48:42 PM PST by EGPWS
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To: AmericanMade1776
A 1000 insurgents dead? I would guess at least double that. I think for some reason the military doesn't want the full insurgent death toll known.
13 posted on 11/13/2004 12:49:16 PM PST by FreedomSurge
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To: AmericanMade1776; Sidebar Moderator

Can we move this to breaking news?


14 posted on 11/13/2004 12:49:46 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: AmericanMade1776

A testament to the capabilities and perserverance of the American fighting man.


15 posted on 11/13/2004 12:51:33 PM PST by IStillBelieve (G.W. Bush '04: Biggest popular-vote victory in history, and first popular-vote majority in 16 years!)
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To: AmericanMade1776

US Marines enter a building to search it in the western part of Fallujah, Iraq Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Marines resting on Beds after searching homes in Fallujah, Nov. 13, 2004

16 posted on 11/13/2004 12:52:33 PM PST by AmericanMade1776
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To: AmericanMade1776
We took Fallujah

17 posted on 11/13/2004 12:52:41 PM PST by demlosers
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To: AmericanMade1776

I predicted a 1:20 kill ratio. At 1:40, it turned out to be twice that.


18 posted on 11/13/2004 12:53:01 PM PST by Bonaparte (twisting slowly, slowly in the wind...)
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To: AmericanMade1776

I raise my glass to our Nations Finest and Bravest. Thank You.


19 posted on 11/13/2004 12:53:15 PM PST by rennatdm
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To: AmericanMade1776

A few hours ago, there were articles saying that there were some pockets of resistance with a total of about 400 terrorists. So I'm assuming that those 400 terrorscum have been put into "early retirement". I certainly hope so.


20 posted on 11/13/2004 12:53:15 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Gun-control is leftist mind-control.)
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