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Iraq
Three US soldiers killed in Fallujah bomb attack
2006-09-06
FALLUJAH, Iraq - Three US soldiers have been killed in a bomb attack in the restive western Iraqi city of Fallujah, a police captain said. US headquarters confirmed the casualty count on Tuesday.

Captain Hamed Fayad of the Fallujah police said three Americans were killed on Monday when a roadside bomb blew apart their Humvee jeep in the Nazal neighbourhood in the south of the city near the Abdel Aziz Samarrai mosque. ‘Two marines and one sailor assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5 died Monday due to enemy action while operating in Al Anbar Province,’ a statement from coalition headquarters said.
Damn. Rest in peace gentlemen, and thank you for your service.
Posted by:Steve White

#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  

#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  

#3  God bless them and their families.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2006-09-06 15:39  

#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  

#1  looks like Fallujah is code "restive" again
Posted by: Captain America   2006-09-06 01:54  

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