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2004-04-13 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Phil B 2004-04-13 4:32:13 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Duke Fortidtude"? Who comes up with these names anyway?

Posted by LaBud 2004-04-13 6:01:42 AM|| 2004-04-13 6:01:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Depends on what mood the PR people are in. Often they're semi-random combinations involving the unit's nickname, like all those "Ivy" operations for the 4th Infantry, and the "Iron" operations for 1st Armored. One of the Marines' nicknames is "Devil Dogs". Start finding high ground if word of operations called "Stone Devil" or "Rabid Dog" comes round, though. That'll be hell or high water for sure.

Posted by Mitch H. 2004-04-13 7:31:10 AM|| [http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2004-04-13 7:31:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Winston Churchill said he didn't want to inform any mother or father of their child's death in Operation Bunny Jump

Posted by Shipman 2004-04-13 8:02:11 AM|| 2004-04-13 8:02:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 A 2,500-strong U.S. force, backed by tanks and artillery, pushed to the outskirts of the Shiite holy city of Najaf on Tuesday for a showdown with a radical cleric. On the way to Najaf, the U.S. force's 80-vehicle convoy was ambushed Monday night by gunmen firing small arms and setting of roadside bombs north of the city. One soldier was killed and an American civilian contractor was wounded, officers in the convoy said. The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, said their mission was to "capture or kill" radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Units set up a cordon on approaches to the city, barring militiamen from leaving.

Showtime.

Posted by Steve 2004-04-13 10:06:41 AM|| 2004-04-13 10:06:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Duke Fortidtude

I expect they didn't want to use Duke Nukem since it might give the wrong impression. ;)

Posted by eLarson 2004-04-13 10:40:41 AM|| 2004-04-13 10:40:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Oh come now!

Duke Fortitude = D.F.

D.F.= Destroy Fallujah

End of story.

Posted by Zenster 2004-04-13 12:33:10 PM|| 2004-04-13 12:33:10 PM|| Front Page Top

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