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| SECURITY OPERATIONS CONTINUE IN FALLUJAH | |
| 2004-10-18 | |
| FALLUJAH, Iraq - Multi-National Force-Iraq continued increased security operations Oct. 17 to isolate anti-Iraqi forces in order to disrupt their capabilities to plan, coordinate and execute criminal acts against the Iraqi people and government. Iraqi security forces and Marines with the I Marine Expeditionary Force continue to man positions outside the city and have established vehicle checkpoints. Since Oct. 14, the combined force has conducted coordinated actions to locate, isolate and defeat terrorist groups. The effort is part of an operation to stop terrorists from conducting attacks throughout Iraq. During operations Oct. 17, Marines returned insurgent small arms fire, sniper fire, mortar fire and rocket-propelled grenades. The Marines engaged with small arms fire, crew-served weapons, main tank guns, and artilery. The attack originated from positions and buildings in eastern and southern Fallujah. Insurgents then fired accurate and sustained small arms fire that escalated to heavy machine gun and indirect fire during a firefight lasting just over nine hours. After close air support was requested and several precision-guided munitions were dropped, insurgents were seen putting their mortar tubes into a taxi and pickup trucks then driving to a mosque. They were witnessed entering a mosque. Marines did not fire upon the mosque.
The strikes successfully took out the buildings from which insurgents were located. Other strikes interdicted mortar teams and anti-Iraqi forces. Multiple fighter aircraft, expending various types of precision munitions, were used on more than 10 AIF positions. The air strikes began late morning and continued into the afternoon. | |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 kick butt. forget the names. collect the body parts. send them home to mama in soddie, syria, gaza, yemen, iran, chechnya and any place else that fosters these sub humans. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2004-10-18 6:05:07 PM |