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| Jihad Unspun: US Attacks Fallujah With Cluster Bombs and Sniper Fire |
| 2004-07-01 |
| From Jihad Unspun .... US aggressor aircraft carried out violent attacks on a number of neighborhoods in the city of Fallujah on Wednesday night. The Industrial Zone in the south of the city and the al-‘Askari neighborhood in the north were both hit particularly hard. ... US aircraft on Wednesday night dropped eight murderous cluster bombs on several neighborhoods of al-Fallujah. American helicopters dropped two on the al-‘Askari neighborhood and six on the Industrial Zone and ash-Shuhada’ neighborhood, which are separated from each other by only one street. ... the cluster bombs had fortunately not caused any casualties, thanks to the fact that the areas had already been evacuated in the face of heavy fighting with the US invaders in those areas. US snipers had deployed in areas of elevated terrain that look down upon the neighborhoods in order to snipe at the residents. ... ... the reason for the vicious US bombardment of those districts of the city was the fact that a large American supply column was passing by the city from the north to the south and the air attacks were intended to distract the Resistance from the convoy. Earlier in the week, Resistance in Fallujah succeeded in cutting off US supply lines by striking the land convoys that were carrying the goods. US aggressor troops on Wednesday withdrew in every direction from the city. As a result of the US pull-back, the American forces are now on the opposite side of the highway from Fallujah and there are six American tanks to the east of the city. ... Before dawn Wednesday, however, it became clear that the concentration of forces was intended to divert the attention of the Resistance from a major supply convoy that was travelling from Baghdad to al-Habbaniyah base. The Resistance was able to mobilize to prevent the convoy from getting through. ... From time to time the US concentrates and then disperses its forces around the city in an effort to tire out the Resistance and to look for weak points in the defenses. Such antics are also intended as a form of psychological warfare, an effort to keep the city’s defenders off balance. |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |
| #3 Jen - yeah, we still have 'em, but their use is heavily restricted, I believe. Now flechette rounds, I miss 'em. You could take out 20 bad guys in heavy elephant grass with one well-aimed arty round. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-07-01 11:58:24 PM |
| #2 Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but the USA doesn't employ cluster bombs in its arsenal, even though the Left always and often says that we do. |
| Posted by: Jen 2004-07-01 11:54:53 PM |
| #1 In other Jihad Unspun news: US forces use Zionist bullets to kill magical Islamic Unicorn |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-07-01 11:52:44 PM |