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U.S. Marines Say Kill 30 Insurgents Near Falluja
Yahoo News ^
| 4/24/04
| Reuters
Posted on 04/24/2004 12:08:37 PM PDT by kattracks
CAMP FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. Marines killed around 30 Iraqi insurgents overnight in a firefight near the flashpoint town of Falluja, Colonel John Coleman said on Saturday.
Marines spotted a small group of armed men, one with a mortar, and shot at them near a small village on the banks of the Euphrates, he said at the U.S. base of Camp Falluja, just outside the town.
The insurgents were joined by about 30 others and the Marines called in air support, Coleman, the chief of staff of the Marine Expeditionary Force, told reporters.
He said all the insurgents were killed in the action, but gave no other details.
Local doctors say about 600 people were killed earlier this month in a Marine crackdown on Falluja following the killing and mutilation of four American contractors.
Marines have been ordered to suspend offensive operations for nearly two weeks to allow talks with Falluja civic leaders aimed at restoring peace to the town, but are allowed to shoot back if fired on.
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: enemy; falluja; fallujah; insurgents; iraq; killed; koran; marines; muslims; vigilantresolve
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posted on
04/24/2004 12:08:38 PM PDT
by
kattracks
To: kattracks
"He said all the insurgents were killed in the action, but gave no other details. " I like that. Very efficent results.
2
posted on
04/24/2004 12:13:47 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam; Travis McGee
3
posted on
04/24/2004 12:19:38 PM PDT
by
Dog
(In Memory of Pat Tillman ---- ---- ---- American Hero.)
To: kattracks
Maybe the start of movement into Fa-Lou-Ja.
To: Eagle Eye
ping
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posted on
04/24/2004 12:20:38 PM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
To: kattracks
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posted on
04/24/2004 12:21:06 PM PDT
by
South40
(Amnesty for ILLEGALS is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
To: kattracks
Marines have been ordered to suspend offensive operations for nearly two weeks
Let's see.
14 x 30 = 420
Approximate number of bad guys kept alive so far.
That's ok. Once the good guys take the gloves back off, they can probably make up for lost time. Fast.
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posted on
04/24/2004 12:21:31 PM PDT
by
samtheman
(www.georgewbush.com)
To: Cannoneer No. 4
Wonderful news! Thirty dead animals!
To: blam
Ah, now I understand why our liberal paper is talking about the Iraq war "going very badly".
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posted on
04/24/2004 12:24:20 PM PDT
by
WOSG
(http://freedomstruth.blogspot.com - I salute our brave fallen.)
To: WOSG
We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists, democ
rats and the mainstream media are sad ~ very sad!
~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~
10
posted on
04/24/2004 12:33:51 PM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: South40
Do we still need to worry about their air force?
11
posted on
04/24/2004 12:36:03 PM PDT
by
tarator
To: tarator
No. But it was such a good picture...
12
posted on
04/24/2004 12:37:31 PM PDT
by
South40
(Amnesty for ILLEGALS is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
To: tarator
LOL...Air force. I believe that missile is used shoot Snipers out of the air when their blown of the top of minarets.
To: kattracks
The more, the merrier!!!
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posted on
04/24/2004 12:41:11 PM PDT
by
WayneM
To: All
He said all the insurgents were killed in the action,... Located, closed with, and destroyed. Nice work, gyrenes.
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posted on
04/24/2004 12:55:57 PM PDT
by
SamKeck
To: kattracks
Fallujah Terrorists, ~3,000 - 30 = ...another 2,970 to go!
16
posted on
04/24/2004 12:58:21 PM PDT
by
demlosers
(John Kerry is an insult to gigolos everywhere.)
To: kattracks
30x72= a lot of raisins to hand out
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posted on
04/24/2004 1:06:45 PM PDT
by
CzarNicky
(The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
To: WOSG; steplock; oceanview; Mad_Tom_Rackham; Jeff Gordon; gandalftb; TomasUSMC
What if General Mattis knows what he is doing and is being allowed to do it?
What if Fallujah has been No. 1 on the excrement list since last October's downing of the Chinook?
What if they walked through this op at Twenty-nine Palms before they left?
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posted on
04/24/2004 1:18:27 PM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
To: Cannoneer No. 4; Dog
here we go.
To: oceanview
It's 8 hours ahead over there.....130 or so in the AM.....if it happens today it will be within the next couple of hours....we go before daylight.
The whole operation will center on that neighborhood called Jolan.
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posted on
04/24/2004 1:37:02 PM PDT
by
Dog
(In Memory of Pat Tillman ---- ---- ---- American Hero.)
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