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2006-09-06 Iraq

Three US soldiers killed in Fallujah bomb attack

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Posted by Steve White 2006-09-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 looks like Fallujah is code "restive" again

Posted by Captain America 2006-09-06 01:54|| 2006-09-06 01:54|| Front Page Top

#2 "Nazal neighbourhood in the south of the city near the Abdel Aziz Samarrai mosque"

The southern border of Fallujah is very porous and would be hard to defend. Most of it leveled in the November 04 invasion. It would be easy to sneak around in there set up and IED. There were 5 main checkpoints going into Fallujah, but to keep any city "secure" for any perdiod of time is going to be tough task with the troop levels we have over there.

Posted by Bama Marine 2006-09-06 09:59|| 2006-09-06 09:59|| Front Page Top

#3 God bless them and their families.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-09-06 15:39|| 2006-09-06 15:39|| Front Page Top

#4 "...but to keep any city "secure" for any perdiod of time is going to be tough task with the troop levels we have over there."

And unfortunately, therein lies part of the problem. Troop commitment to win a counterinsurgency of this scale would be somewhere in the range of 500,000.

Posted by Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-09-06 19:37|| http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]">[http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp] 2006-09-06 19:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Spot on Lancasters. Bringing piece and stability to a city like Baghdad, with a population of what... over 5m, is a formidable challenge. Rummy's Walmart discount store, contractor approach will never work. You must have boots on the ground, armed muscle, and the ROE to execute the mission. I hate to agree with the donks, but that ole phuech has got to GO!

Posted by Besoeker 2006-09-06 19:50|| 2006-09-06 19:50|| Front Page Top

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