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Operation Phantom Fury Live Thread
msnbc, cnn, various ^ | epluribus_2

Posted on 11/08/2004 8:39:55 AM PST by epluribus_2

NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq - More than 4,000 U.S. Marines and Army troops punched their way into northeastern Fallujah on Monday, kicking off a massive assault dubbed Operation Phantom Fury that seeks to put an end to half a year of insurgent control of the Sunni Muslim city.

The prelude to the assault on the Askari neighborhood was a crushing air and artillery bombardment of the city that rose to a crescendo by Monday evening, with U.S. strike jets dropping bombs around the clock and big guns pounding the city every few minutes with high-explosive shells.

Meanwhile, insurgents in Baghdad and nearby Ramadi tried to keep up the pressure on the coalition forces with new attacks, including one on a Catholic church in the capital.

Earlier Monday U.S. troops had fought their way into the city's western outskirts, seizing two bridges over the Euphrates River and helping Iraqi soldiers take the city's main hospital in the first stage of a major assault on the insurgent stronghold.

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: falluja; fallujah; iraq; napalminthemorning; religionofpeace; usmc; wot
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To: All
I say we should appoint a FReeper to go be an embedded reporter for FR, so they can post from a laptop in the field to keep us updated!
241 posted on 11/08/2004 10:18:59 AM PST by KoRn
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To: norton

It is 9:18 PM in Bagdad. This is a night operation.


242 posted on 11/08/2004 10:19:08 AM PST by TomGuy (His VN crumbling, he says 'move on'. So now, John Kerry is running on Bob KerrEy's Senate record.)
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To: KoRn

Where do you get camo pajamas?


243 posted on 11/08/2004 10:19:35 AM PST by RobRoy
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To: jamz

"Bad mofo."

I believe you may mean BBMFIC: Big Bad Mo Fo In Charge

;)


244 posted on 11/08/2004 10:19:36 AM PST by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: rampage8

Chilling. Here's to avenging all of the deaths of our innocents.


245 posted on 11/08/2004 10:19:46 AM PST by Lijahsbubbe
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To: KoRn

AC-130-H Specter/PAVE Specter
AC-130-U Spooky

Gunships.
Gunships from Hell.


246 posted on 11/08/2004 10:20:17 AM PST by King Prout (tagline under reconstruction)
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To: HiJinx
Unrestricted ROE - all out warfare.

The bad guys are gonna learn a hard lesson.

Here is a picture of what unrestricted ROE meant to St. Lo, using the technology of 60 years ago.

247 posted on 11/08/2004 10:20:19 AM PST by r9etb
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To: HerrKobes

Yeah, that crossed my mind too. Was just keeping him straight.


248 posted on 11/08/2004 10:20:42 AM PST by KoRn
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To: AZamericonnie

I can hear the Arab press now: "Look how Americans dress up as Crusaders as they kill women and children in defenseless Fallujah"


249 posted on 11/08/2004 10:21:06 AM PST by Maringa
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To: TomGuy

All of our local stations here in Toledo are showing only SOAP OPERAS not the battle. We get local Fox Tv here and they are not showing it either. Have no satellite at work here. AAARRRGHHHH! I'm mad. God forbid someone would miss a day of "The Young and The Restless". Idiots !!!

Prayers up for our brave men and women in the military.


250 posted on 11/08/2004 10:21:20 AM PST by bunches (those)
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To: KoRn

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1273752/posts?q=1&&page=101
check out #100, 111 and 113


251 posted on 11/08/2004 10:21:36 AM PST by MEG33 ( Congratulations President Bush!..Thank you God. Four More Years!)
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To: Lijahsbubbe
Great idea just now.

Hundreds of thousands of dispondent Kerry-ites want to move overseas, right?

Many of them are of the disposition of the famous "Iraqi human shields", right?,

The "insurgents" (enemy) needs reinforcements, right?

Why not drop the whole lot of them off by helicopter at the corner of 12th Avenue and Saddam Blvd. down there in F-town and let them make a run for it to 'friendly forces' side. This would be a good time to do it.

252 posted on 11/08/2004 10:21:58 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo (Troops! Repudiation and Silencing of Senator Specter is our remaining "Electoral Vote" outstanding.)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Well Tonk they not only have access to this site, but to the whole wide Gore invented internet.


253 posted on 11/08/2004 10:22:21 AM PST 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: KoRn
I say we should appoint a FReeper to go be an embedded reporter for FR, so they can post from a laptop in the field to keep us updated!

Well, what are you waiting for? Pack up your laptop and get going!

254 posted on 11/08/2004 10:22:31 AM PST by mikegi
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To: Howlin
From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

Dedicated to our brave men in Iraq today.

255 posted on 11/08/2004 10:23:25 AM PST by Citizen Soldier
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To: epluribus_2

Our guys are using smoke bombs, launched from mortars, to smoke the streets. Our night vision sees right through this stuff.


256 posted on 11/08/2004 10:23:29 AM PST by starvingstudent (ask your favorite leftist: "If there is another civil war, who do you think will win?")
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To: r9etb

You are quite right. The bad guys are still fighting 12th century battles without realizing they've taken on a 21st century foe.

I've always said, you don't invite the man who wears the biggest damned cowboy boots on the planet to an ass-kicking contest...and hope to win.


257 posted on 11/08/2004 10:23:35 AM PST by HiJinx (Support Our Troops ~ www.ProudPatriots.com)
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To: epluribus_2

U.S. troops with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Lima Company secure a building in northeast Fallujah on Monday.(msnbc)
258 posted on 11/08/2004 10:23:45 AM PST by demlosers
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To: All

Loose Lips Sinks Ships
Free Republic | 09/15/01 | Jim Robinson
Posted on 09/15/2001 6:59:48 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/524504/posts

Just a reminder to please watch what is posted.


259 posted on 11/08/2004 10:23:58 AM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (God Bless and Protect our Military and our Allies Military)
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To: bunches
All of our local stations here in Toledo are showing only SOAP OPERAS not the battle

Eh, well. It's only one of the most defining moments in history. They're not into real news.

260 posted on 11/08/2004 10:24:22 AM PST by Lijahsbubbe
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