Posted on 11/03/2004 2:49:16 PM PST by AZLiberty
FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. forces stepped up pressure on suspected rebel targets in Falluja late on Wednesday, using AC-130 aircraft and tanks to strike eastern and northwestern areas of the city, witnesses said.
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.
The U.S. military is poised for an offensive on Falluja, some 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, to flush out Islamic militants and Saddam Hussein loyalists it says are there.
Earlier in the day, attacks by U.S. warplanes sent up plumes of black smoke from the eastern edge of the rebel-held city, witnesses said.
A woman was seriously wounded and a teenage girl lost her right leg in the strikes, hospital official Issam Mohammed said.
There was no information on casualties from the Wednesday night attacks, but residents said U.S. ground troops apparently remained at the edge of the city.
Iraq's interim government has vowed to retake all rebel strongholds before elections scheduled for January but threatened by relentless violence.
Residents of Falluja, most of whom are thought to have fled the city, say daily U.S. bombardments cause heavy civilian casualties and increase resentment against the United States, which is already high in the Sunni Muslim heartland.
MOABs Please! Ive been very patient. Time for the field testing to begin.
Or the end of something bad.
It's George W. Bush's Fault!!
John Kerry and John Edwards have a plan to make sure th...
oops
nevermind
Yep, this has been building quietly all week.
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KABOOOM!
Fallujah delenda est!
(well, at least the bad boys in Fallujah need to hunted down and capped...as in
Robocop saying "I'm through arresting you")
If they ain't captured...they can't be abused in prison!
(Or mail whiney letters to some Old Europe weasel in Switzerland)
Time to Rock the Casbah! You know that sound in the background around 1 PM today was a**holes slamming shut in the middle east.
Spooky over Fallujah...
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 .........
rueters, never can get anything right..it's a GUNSHIP!!
It's not a cargo aircraft eqipped with guns...dorks!!!
It's been around since kerry became a hero, and they still can't get it right
Doogle
Let the pink mist fly....Let G-d sort 'em out.
Our plan is not to be found on the internet. It is on display in their own neighborhood right now.
Good prediction.
"Residents of Falluja, most of whom are thought to have fled the city, say daily U.S. bombardments cause heavy civilian casualties and increase resentment against the United States, which is already high in the Sunni Muslim heartland."
If, as Reuters is reporting, most Falluja residents have fled the city, then why would there be "heavy civilian casualties" in Falluja? hmmm
Those Air Force guys sure know how to celebrate.
Prepare to meet thy God heathens....
Time to empty it.
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