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| Anti-Coalition Forces Continue to Attack in Fallujah |
| 2004-04-22 |
| U.S. Marines battled anti-Coalition forces in Fallujah during the last 24 hours, killing at least 17 attackers. Ten attackers fired rocket-propelled grenades and AK-47s at Marines from a house in eastern Fallujah around 6:45 p.m. April 20. The group is suspected of similar attacks over the past three days. Marines responded by firing mortars at the house. Three vehicles of armed attackers arrived shortly afterward, and Marines again fired mortars, killing eight attackers and destroying all three vehicles. At around 9:30 p.m. April 20, 12 attackers in two white SUVs pulled up to the Fallujah Liaison Team Building, got out of their vehicles and fired on it with small arms. Army military police fired back and the attackers fled. A mobile security patrol attempted to capture the attackers but was unable to locate them. At around 6:30 a.m. April 21, Marines were attacked by approximately 40 insurgents in northwest Fallujah. The attackers fired on the Marines with small arms and RPGs from the cover of a nearby palm grove. Marines called in attack helicopters, which fired on the attackers, killing nine and wounding an unknown number. Three Marines were wounded in the engagement. Marines maintain the right to use decisive but proportional force to defend themselves, Coalition forces, Iraqi security forces and the Iraqi population. |
| Posted by:Chuck Simmins |
| #7 What a waste of perfectly good Lebanese Hash Oil and Black Temple Ball! Tactics and Strategy. Even Drug-Enhanced Tactics and Strategy don't seem to be strong points with Sadr's Tater Tots! November's six months away. Do the math. These A$$holes with AKs can sustain such losses very much longer. Especially when President Bush wins again! |
| Posted by: Jack Deth 2004-04-22 2:12:32 PM |
| #6 im a peaceafist but im wonder why anyone take morphine to fight ima think speed be better for being angry and somesuch perhpas a shroom or too to ad color and to fire up the ears and maybe have preliminary talks with god |
| Posted by: HalfEmpty 2004-04-22 1:36:05 PM |
| #5 Howard does bring up an interesting point. There are occasional stories about drugs in the region. I would not be surprised to learn that a lot of these guys are whacked out on something other than the local Imam's ranting. |
| Posted by: remote man 2004-04-22 11:57:46 AM |
| #4 Ship, my guess is that the yahoos thought they were screened, and probably were, from direct fire but not from observation. Hence the use of mortars to take them out. ALthough my buddy Occam agrees with Howard that drugs and / or stupdity is pretty likely, of course. |
| Posted by: Carl in N.H 2004-04-22 11:56:40 AM |
| #3 Yes, thanks Howard, forgot about allahs little helper. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-04-22 11:25:32 AM |
| #2 That'll be the morphine. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-04-22 10:34:40 AM |
| #1 Three vehicles of armed attackers arrived shortly afterward Why would anyone approach a Marine outpost in an unarmored vehicle? Stupdity or Fanaticism? Or yes? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-04-22 10:32:57 AM |