U.S. Marines said American forces had taken control Wednesday of 70 percent of Fallujah in the third day of a major offensive to retake the insurgent stronghold. Major Francis Piccoli, of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, said enemy fighters were bottled up in a strip of the city flanking the major east-west highway that splits Fallujah. Army and Marine units had pushed south to the highway overnight.
Here's a map showing the start lines and the highway (in green).
No escape north, south or east. To the west is the river. In the middle are a lot of soon-to-be-dead jihadis. |