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| US forces start bombing Fallujah terrorists |
| 2004-11-04 |
| Falluja - US forces have stepped up pressure on suspected rebel targets in Falluja late on Wednesday, using AC-130 aircraft and tanks to strike eastern and north-western areas of the city, witnesses said. The big push has begun? The AC-130s, cargo aircraft equipped with cannon and machineguns, were in action over the city for at least half an hour, coinciding with continuous shelling by tanks in the east of the city, they said. The bombardment was the heaviest inflicted on the city for several weeks, witnesses said. Go Marines!! The US military is poised for an offensive on Falluja, some 50 km west of Baghdad, to flush out Islamic militants and Saddam Hussein loyalists it says are there. Earlier on Wednesday, attacks by US warplanes sent up plumes of black smoke from the eastern edge of the rebel-held city, witnesses said. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #3 The hammer has been pulled back and the finger is twitching on the trigger. My guess is that the order has been given and the authority for execution timing has been released to the operational commanders |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-11-04 8:29:27 AM |
| #2 Shaping the Battlefield http://adventuresofchester.blogspot.com/2004/11/shaping-battlefield.html Hat tip: Belmont Club http://belmontclub.blogspot.com/2004/10/fallujah-readers-may-wish-to-go-to.html |
| Posted by: Bernie 2004-11-04 3:50:09 AM |
| #1 Shaping the Battlefield: Hat tip: Belmont Club |
| Posted by: Bernie 2004-11-04 3:44:19 AM |