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US Offensive in Fallujah intensifies
DW -World.DE ^ | 4-6-04

Posted on 04/06/2004 6:51:06 AM PDT by TexKat

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To: Travis McGee
They've crossed the rail line into the city.Moving on in.
61 posted on 04/06/2004 8:44:11 AM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
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To: Travis McGee
wretchard is a freeper who has had his own blog for about a year.

He does not provide much bio info about himself, I do not think he has a formal military background.

I have found Belmont Club to be part of my ever-growing list of essential daily reading.

62 posted on 04/06/2004 8:44:12 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Now you go feed those hogs before they worry themselves into anemia!)
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To: oceanview
Only if everyone gets in a hurry.

Read the links referenced above.
63 posted on 04/06/2004 8:44:42 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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To: Jim Noble; TexKat
We are moving into the city..Fox news
64 posted on 04/06/2004 8:45:37 AM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
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To: goldstategop
"Its going to be very bloody. If we have to kill thousands to save the area, so be it. A war is no place for the faint of heart, the squeamish and the cowardly."

Yup.
65 posted on 04/06/2004 8:47:59 AM PDT by ought-six
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To: TexKat
The bulk of the coalition force has remained on Fallujah's edge, apparently held at bay by tough resistance from anti-American fighters against Marine forays probing the outskirts.

I doubt our guys are "at bay." I'm more willing to bet that our guys are being patient so that the salamikazes will keep sending more targets fighters into the area.

66 posted on 04/06/2004 8:52:10 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: Travis McGee
Travis wretchard is a freeper..
67 posted on 04/06/2004 8:52:14 AM PDT by Dog
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To: MEG33
Meanwhile on the other side of town......

geez...no one in the media is watching the other side.....Hmmm??

So if the terrorists are watching the media... they should be just where we want them.....
68 posted on 04/06/2004 8:52:16 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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To: Jim Noble; Matthew James; river rat; archy
The Belmont Club is written at the very highest level, as far as my brain can detect. I'm impressed. Very.
69 posted on 04/06/2004 8:52:18 AM PDT by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: Dog
I'm quite taken with his analysis.
70 posted on 04/06/2004 8:53:03 AM PDT by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: MEG33
MEG this may only be a feint.
71 posted on 04/06/2004 8:53:44 AM PDT by Dog
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To: upchuck; All
CNN: 20 US deaths and 60 Iraqi deaths since Sunday April 4,2004.

Fox News: Marines moving into Fallujah in a big way, they have destroyed 3 houses. They have met heavy resistance. Followers of al-Sadr are joining in.

8 U.S. Troops, 30 Iraqis Die in Fighting

Shiite Cleric Vows to Resist U.S. Capture

Rumsfeld Backs More Iraq Troops if Needed

72 posted on 04/06/2004 8:53:44 AM PDT by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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To: Coop
unless you disagree with me that this is not 'minor hostilities', and you don't agree that North Korea and remaining AQ in Afghanistan/Pakistan were/are as much as or even more of a threat than the Ba'athists in Iraq, I'd say we don't differ too much on our viewpoint.

and of course, like you, I dont believe the Prez 'lied' about WMD..however he was apparantly misled and/or we have had very cruddy intelligence (which has post facto been accepted by nearly everybody nowadays).

By the way, here is the text of the aircraft speech:

Admiral Kelly, Captain Card, officers and sailors of the USS Abraham Lincoln, and my fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed. And now our coalition is engaged in securing and reconstructing that country.

I would say we are both securing the country but we are not yet clear of "major combat operations", not by a long shot.

73 posted on 04/06/2004 8:53:48 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Another vote here for Bush, only IF Congress ends up defeating his illegal immigration amnesty law)
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To: goldstategop
Let's call this one Operation Passover.

If a house in Fallujah isn't marked with lamb's blood by now, it's too late.

74 posted on 04/06/2004 8:54:10 AM PDT by Momaw Nadon (Goals for 2004: Re-elect President Bush, over 60 Republicans in the Senate, and a Republican House.)
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To: TexKat
They have met heavy resistance

As I said to another poster here, THIS WAR IS NOT OVER YET. Let's hope we win it, once and for all.

75 posted on 04/06/2004 8:55:17 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Another vote here for Bush, only IF Congress ends up defeating his illegal immigration amnesty law)
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To: adam_az
They have to move them around rapidly to defend against Marine probing attacks and feints. Thanks to the our electronic warfare guys, they now have no communication and will experience rapid loss of cohesion and breakdown. Then it's a turkey shoot.

Good points. Couple that with my speculation that the salamikazes will likely rush to reinforce their "tough resistance," and your salami shoot is ready to go.

76 posted on 04/06/2004 8:55:22 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: AmericanInTokyo
This is the CLEANUP Detail!!!!
77 posted on 04/06/2004 8:58:07 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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To: Gunslingr3
Can we call those innocent who harbor and let exist terrorists? Those innocents who have not lifted a finger against these terrorists?

Do you think our own Revolutionary War was bloodless and only soldiers died?

78 posted on 04/06/2004 8:58:11 AM PDT by daybreakcoming (ATTENTION FALLUJAH: "you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.")
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To: Polybius
You've thought it through too, I see. I do hope this is similar to what is going on. Overwhelming strength sometimes takes the form of steady, relentless, crushing pressure. It doesn't all have to be bombs bursting.

I have no real expertise in such strategy/tactics, but I think I can tell when a plan has been reasonably thought through.
79 posted on 04/06/2004 8:59:47 AM PDT by Cap Huff
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To: Dog
May God watch over our armed forces and bless their mission.
80 posted on 04/06/2004 9:01:04 AM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
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