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Fallujah Rebels Think US Troops Preparing to Storm the City
From Jihad UnspunIn a report posted at 20:49 Mecca time Saturday night, Mafkarat al-Islamâs correspondent in Fallujah reported that US aggressor troops launched a powerful and concentrated attack directed at al-Jawlan neighborhood in the northwest side of the city. The correspondent writes that it appears that this American assault is not another effort to cover the US retreat, but a genuine attempt to storm the city from within. Fallujahâs Resistance fighters waged a fierce battle against the US attackers that lasted some 35 minutes (from 7:45pm to 8:20pm, local time) and were able to repulse the US assault, inflicting losses on the Americans .... It is thought possible that the reason for the latest US attack is that it was an American attempt to secure the area around the position their forces occupy opposite al-Jawlan, where the largest number of Resistance fighters are concentrated. Al-Jawlan, at least its lower end closest to the confrontation line with the Americans, is nearly empty of its civilian population at this point, after most residents left during the intense battles of past days. It should be noted that although American forces have retreated from a number of sectors around Fallujah, they retain two positions confronting the city: 1.To the northeast where the agricultural zone beyond the railroad tracks begins, and 2.To the northwest, beyond al-Jawlan neighborhood. ... US aggressor forces amassed north of the defiant city, as the two base centers of the invaders â that to the northwest of the city beyond the residential area and that to the northeast in the agricultural area behind the railroad tracks â have begun to join up. The people of Fallujah could see this massing from a distance and some are fearful of what it might portend, thinking that the aim might be a military offensive against the city. .... Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-05-03 |
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