Posted on 11/12/2004 6:45:46 AM PST by TexKat
View from the gunners site in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle as 1st Platoon, Apache Troop, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division entering Fallujah. US marines barged house-by-house through Fallujah finding anything from corpses and weapons to hostages as they battled to secure the rebel enclave after seizing almost total control.(AFP/US Army/Johancharles Van Boers)
and if you've ever had your hostory reqritten, you know what a painful experience that can be...
...another FNs alert....the crew are wounded but safe....Mike's on duty..I'll call him and see if he's heard anything....probably too early for the news to reach him...
According to Fox, injured but no fatalities. They will recover says the Fox report. Apparently brought down by anti-aircraft fire.
That's what I was thinking......
And on the other end of the spectrum........
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A U.S. Army soldier takes off his shoes before entering the Um al-Tuboul mosque in western Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites) Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004. Iraqi security forces, backed by U.S. troops, arrested a hardline Sunni cleric and about two dozen others after a raid of his Baghdad mosque uncovered weapons caches along with photographs of recent attacks on American troops, the U.S. military and the Iraqi National Guard said.(AP Photo) |
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Thank God..
"We reproach Sistani for not officially taking a position on the offensive, and we call on him to do so."
I'm not sure this guy would like Sistani's official position. After the January elections (which will happen), the vast majority of the Iraqi government will be made up of Shiites and Kurds, who represent 75% of the population of Iraq. Maybe a little more now...
With the Kurdish militias joining the Iraqi army and heavy recruiting/training among the Shiites, the Iraqi army should be able to handle any remaining insurgents with minimal help from us within a year. IMHO.
Associated Press
NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq - A U.S. helicopter was shot down Friday north of Baghdad, and its three crew members were wounded, the U.S military said.
The UH-60 Black Hawk was hit by anti-aircraft fire in Taji, 12 miles north of the capital, the military said.
Three of the four crew members were injured in the attack, but are expected to recover, the U.S. military said. The crew was rescued and the helicopter was recovered.
Amen.
Blackhawk: Shot down north of Bagdad. Three U.S. crew members were injured but are expected to fully recover.
Foreign fighters - no shoes
And so good to see our troop whacking 'em!! What's weird is that on the first couple of days, we could hear so much of the distant explosions over there and now it has become more sporadic. Must be because our guys are getting it locked down.
80% of Iraq's population is Shiite and Kurdish. And they're not interested in power-sharing with their former opppressors, Iraq's once-privileged Sunni Arabs.
US marines find underground prison, bodies in Fallujah
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/041112/323/f6ieo.html
FALLUJAH, Iraq (AFP) - US marines uncovered an underground prison in Fallujah containing at least two bodies and two emaciated men who were still alive, an intelligence officer, who refused to be identified, told AFP.
The prison was discovered in a house in the Jolan neighbourhood, considered the insurgent nerve centre in the city. Marines were clearing a house that had just been shelled by US military and were alerted by screaming.
The troops opened a door at the back of the house and found a barred prison with three cells.
An AFP reporter saw two corpses covered in ash, and what appeared to be two handicapped men were led from the building.
Hostage in Iraq might be Charlotte man
11/12/2004 8:15 AM
By: News 14 Carolina
Al-Jazeera television has broadcast a videotape showing what the station says is an American contractor of Lebanese origin held hostage in Iraq.
BAGHDAD, Iraq – A contractor who left Charlotte to work in Iraq is feared to be in the hands of insurgents.
Dean Sadek lived on Hanna Court near Sharon Amity Road in east Charlotte before he moved overseas to work as a contractor for Air and Logistic Support, which is helping to re-open Iraqi airports.
His wife still lives and works in the Charlotte area.
Thursday, Al-Jazeera broadcast a video of a balding, middle-aged man who showed a U.S. passport and an identification card in the name of Dean Sadek. He was shown sitting in front of a green wall.
This image -- supposedly of Charlottean Dean Sadek -- aired on Al-Jazeera television Thursday. Al-Jazeera did not air any audio, but quoted Sadek as saying all businesses should stop cooperating with U.S. authorities.
The kidnapping was claimed in the name of the 1920 Revolution Brigade, a known insurgent group. The name refers to the uprising against the British after World War I.
It's not clear when or where Sadek was kidnapped. Last week, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said a Lebanese-American was seized by armed men from his home in the city's Mansour district, but gave the name as Radim Sadeq.
It would be the second time in the past few months that someone with Charlotte ties was taken hostage in Iraq. Jack Hensley, a University of North Carolina at Charlotte graduate who lived in Tega Cay, was executed by militant groups in August.
Very good move.
I am so sorry about that. For some reason I cannot remember to push the "spell" button after typing.
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