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Iraq-Jordan
US set to storm Fallujah, Ramadi
2004-10-30
US marines prepared on Friday to storm the Iraqi cities of Fallujah and Ramadi to crush Sunni Muslim insurgents and Arab fighters. US warplanes bombarded Fallujah with at least 10 missiles late on Friday night, witnesses said. There was no immediate word on casualties, but hospital officials said an earlier strike killed six Iraqi men. "We are gearing up for a major operation," Brigadier General Denis Hajlik told reporters at a base near Fallujah early on Friday. "If we do so, it will be decisive and we will whack them." Hajlik, deputy commander of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, said the expected assault would involve Iraqi forces. Iraq's US-backed interim government has vowed to pacify the whole country before nationwide elections due in January. US planes have launched almost daily air strikes on what the military says are safe houses used by a network of Iraqi and foreign fighters led by Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. But a full-scale US-led offensive could be as devastating as a marine attack in April that Washington called off after a world outcry over civilian casualties in Fallujah. Local doctors reported more than 600 dead in the fighting.
Maybe Wednesday, one way or the other?
Posted by:Fred

#9  Still spewing haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate?
Posted by: Thavilet Spotle9553   2004-10-30 12:06:42 AM  

#8  I'd be more woried about Alawi than Bush. I understand the only reason Bush puled the plug last time was colapse of Iraqi support. This time, we wil hopefully have enopugh trained Kurds to take out the Mosques so we can wrap it up before the press can build political opposition. The military should no longer plan any ops that take more than 4 days.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2004-10-30 12:12:58 PM  

#7  The Marines should pull back into a tight cordon, give the "civilians" 24 hours to leave and then field test the MOAB. The AF will be happy to give a lesson in saturation bombing of an intensity not seen since WWII.
Posted by: RWV   2004-10-30 12:00:23 PM  

#6  When a Marine Brigadier General says something like this, it is really, really scary.

Don't count on it until the operation gets under way. After having developed cold feet once, it's quite possible GWB could suffer a relapse and call it off. Again.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-10-30 3:52:35 AM  

#5  And that was the God of Abraham that did that (Lot was Abram's cousin), the very same God they call Allah in Islam - this story itself (Sodom and Gohmorrah) is accepted by Islam.
Posted by: OldSpook   2004-10-30 2:30:24 AM  

#4  Don't feel bad folks, even the LORD had to destroy ALL of Sodom and Gomorrah; yes, not even 10 good people could be found. Democracy will survive with 100 Fallujans if not 200,000!!
Posted by: smn   2004-10-30 1:55:55 AM  

#3  "...it will be decisive and we will whack them." When a Marine Brigadier General says something like this, it is really, really scary. It has that sort of W.T. Sherman ring to it.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2004-10-30 12:58:39 AM  

#2  6 "Iraqi" men huh? Dead terrorists of any nationality is a good night's work
Posted by: Frank G   2004-10-30 12:55:42 AM  

#1  [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted]
Posted by: Thavilet Spotle9553 TROLL   2004-10-30 12:06:42 AM  

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