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U.S., Iraqis launch attacks in Falluja
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/14/iraq.main/index.html ^

Posted on 10/14/2004 3:27:27 PM PDT by jmc1969

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- American troops and Iraqi special forces launched a major operation in Falluja late Thursday aimed at disrupting future attacks by insurgents who control the volatile city, the U.S. military said.

U.S. warplanes pounded targets in the Sunni Triangle city, lighting up the nighttime sky and jolting a city that has been a hotbed for the insurgency for months.

1st Lt. Lyle Gilbert, a spokesman for the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, said Marines, Army soldiers and Iraqi special forces were participating "in and near the city of Falluja."

The ground forces were being backed up by fixed-wing aircraft and helicopter gunships, he said.

"We've been looking forward to this for a long time," Gilbert said from from the U.S. base Camp Falluja.

"It's a long time in coming, and this operation is going to set the stage for Fallujans and for the Iraqi people to go out and elect their government and live in freedom and security as they deserve," he said.

Hours earlier, Iraqi national security adviser Kasim Dawood said the government was preparing to "smash" the deeply entrenched insurgency in Falluja if city officials failed to turn in militants.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: allawi; fallujah; hoorah; iraq; napalminthemorning; wot
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To: jmc1969

I guess Allawi decided to tell Kerry to go to H#LL.


21 posted on 10/14/2004 3:46:44 PM PDT by BushisTheMan
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To: jmc1969

YEEEEEEHAAAAAA!!!!! I caught this on CNN when it broke just before 4pm here. Let out a loud WHOOP when I heard it.

May God grant swift victory to our troops and the Iraqis fighting with them.


22 posted on 10/14/2004 3:49:59 PM PDT by radu (May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
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To: jmc1969

But I thought there wouldn't be any major military actions before the elections. SUCKER!


23 posted on 10/14/2004 3:52:56 PM PDT by jbwbubba (stunner)
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To: jmc1969; kdf1; AMERIKA; Lancey Howard; MudPuppy; SMEDLEYBUTLER; opbuzz; Snow Bunny; gitmogrunt; ...

May God be looking over our Marines!


24 posted on 10/14/2004 3:56:16 PM PDT by RaceBannon (KERRY FLED . . . WHILE GOOD MEN BLED!!)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl

God bless our armed forces!


25 posted on 10/14/2004 3:58:13 PM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry has been AWOL on issues of national security for two decades)
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To: vbmoneyspender

The Times letters page has also been full of the local dimwits responding to the story with their usual vacant-brained Bush bashing. Snookered again by STRATEGERY.


26 posted on 10/14/2004 3:59:36 PM PDT by Argus
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To: Frank_Discussion

I am with you on this. If it were up to me, I would let it stop until Falluja was flat and dead.

I am told that the "get some" yell, is one of the things that the Troops shout to those going out to a battle.


27 posted on 10/14/2004 4:00:35 PM PDT by Gator113
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To: radu

Almighty and most merciful Father, we humbly beseech Thee, of Thy great goodness, to restrain these immoderate rains with which we have had to contend. Grant us fair weather for Battle. Graciously hearken to us as soldiers who call upon Thee that, armed with Thy power, we may advance from victory to victory, and crush the oppression and wickedness of our enemies and establish Thy justice among men and nations.
-by Msgr. James H. O'Neill 12/8/1944 (the Chief Chaplain of the Third Army throughout the five campaigns on the Staff of General Patton)
http://www.pattonhq.com/prayer.html


28 posted on 10/14/2004 4:00:59 PM PDT by batmast
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To: vbmoneyspender
"We've been looking forward to this for a long time," Gilbert said from from the U.S. base Camp Falluja."

1st Lt. Gilbert, all of you have been looking forward to it for a long time, along with many here on FR and in the country. We simply couldn't understand why you stopped the first time around and have been wondering why it took you so long to get it started again.

Godspeed to you and all of your friends, Lt!

29 posted on 10/14/2004 4:01:23 PM PDT by El Gran Salseron (It translates as the Great, Big Salsa Dancer, nothing more. :-))
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To: jmc1969

30 posted on 10/14/2004 4:02:06 PM PDT by Clive
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To: JOE6PAK
Nov. 3rd!

Hey, Joe, maybe you know something I don't..?

31 posted on 10/14/2004 4:02:08 PM PDT by KiloLima
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To: Gator113

Get some is a marine thing. No soldiered say that.


32 posted on 10/14/2004 4:03:00 PM PDT by elhombrelibre (Kerry's message to terrorists: Help is on the way!)
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To: jmc1969
"We've been looking forward to this for a long time," Gilbert said from from the U.S. base Camp Falluja.

Indeed. Fallujah had festered for long enough; it is time to resolve this situation.

After the triumph of elections in Afghanistan for the first time in 5 millenia, it would be wonderful to see them in Iraq, from one end to the other, extending to every man the right to have a say in his own government.

33 posted on 10/14/2004 4:08:16 PM PDT by snowsislander
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl

Taking out the garbage bump.


34 posted on 10/14/2004 4:09:19 PM PDT by SAMWolf (I have an inferiority complex, but not a very good one.)
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To: batmast

BTTT!

May I add my "Amen!" to the prayer you posted?
It's perfect!


35 posted on 10/14/2004 4:12:24 PM PDT by radu (May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
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To: jmc1969

They should level the place.


36 posted on 10/14/2004 4:14:30 PM PDT by hershey
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To: elhombrelibre

I am sorry, when mentioning our guys and gals over there,regardless of their branch of service, I have gotten into the habit of calling them "Troops'.


37 posted on 10/14/2004 4:23:01 PM PDT by Gator113
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To: Gator113
I hope they have the city surrounded so that none of the scumbags can get out. Godspeed to our soldiers and the coalition. Parley
38 posted on 10/14/2004 4:26:36 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Gator113

Well, I wasn't talking about that, but I think a purist would say troops are soldiers. But these things evolve. Soldiers were "dog faces," "dough boys," "GIs", and now most seem to use the term "Joes." They talk about the "Joe Net" (the rumor mill), and how "Joe" can break, fix, screw up, and figure out darn near anything.


39 posted on 10/14/2004 4:28:02 PM PDT by elhombrelibre (Kerry's message to terrorists: Help is on the way!)
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To: Rokke; ASA Vet; TomasUSMC
"We've been looking forward to this for a long time," Gilbert said from from the U.S. base Camp Falluja.

Understatement of the year!

40 posted on 10/14/2004 4:36:36 PM PDT by elfman2
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