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2004-04-27 Iraq-Jordan
Major shelling attack in Fallujah
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Posted by Sherry 2004-04-27 2:51:56 PM|| || Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 15 - 20 explosions
Posted by Sherry 2004-04-27 2:54:52 PM||   2004-04-27 2:54:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 
Posted by Yosemite Sam  2004-04-27 2:57:34 PM||   2004-04-27 2:57:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 And you know where they store ammo. Seething in 5..4...3...2...
Posted by Cthulhu Akbar 2004-04-27 3:00:18 PM||   2004-04-27 3:00:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 AC-130 gunships pounding two enemy positions, going after ammo dumps, weapons sites.
Posted by Steve  2004-04-27 3:01:43 PM||   2004-04-27 3:01:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Hoooooooo-eeeeee! That blewed up reeeeal good!
Posted by Rex Mundi 2004-04-27 3:07:35 PM||   2004-04-27 3:07:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Y. Sam - is the battle continuing or is it settling down?
Posted by Anonymous4052 2004-04-27 3:10:40 PM||   2004-04-27 3:10:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 So you spend the weekend deciding whether to all-out take Falluja. You pick yes. Obviously you let the enemy (via CNN) think you picked no. Now the hard work starts.
Posted by BruceBruce 2004-04-27 3:12:49 PM||   2004-04-27 3:12:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Fox sez that moskkks are playing chanting / music -- and it's way past last prayertime. No idea what his means, unless they've suddenly come up with Sun ni John Phillip Sousa...

Regards other story here on RB about laughter / LSD bullshit, this guy is saying the Marines were broadcasting laughter tapes in PsyOps activity.

Appears that this is Marine Cmdr's response to lack of ceasefire (the loonies never stopped) and deadline for the weapons. He gave up on the joint patrol idea because it would just have resulted in getting Marines and Iraqi Spec Forces killed since the bad guys never stopped. Apparently, this is a Marine offensive to shut down the sector of city where concentrations of fighters were known to be - Al Jalan district (Jolan Heights in jarheadspeak, heh) in NW corner of city.

Now commentator is saying that the chanting / music is just Imams reciting Qu'uranic verses. How, uh, typical.
Posted by .com 2004-04-27 3:15:30 PM||   2004-04-27 3:15:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Apparently there are plenty of secondary explosions going off, looks like they're hitting the right stuff.
Posted by Jamraza 2004-04-27 3:17:05 PM||   2004-04-27 3:17:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 any word if Iraqi SF are participating in the operation???

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-04-27 3:18:20 PM||   2004-04-27 3:18:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Fox reporting, AC-130 fired 15-20 105mm rounds, secondary explosions seen. Fires are now going out.
Posted by Steve  2004-04-27 3:18:31 PM||   2004-04-27 3:18:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Regards other story here on RB about laughter / LSD bullshit, this guy is saying the Marines were broadcasting laughter tapes in PsyOps activity.

Creative - Well Seasoned - Provocative

And may I add : ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Posted by Anonymous4052 2004-04-27 3:20:43 PM||   2004-04-27 3:20:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Sounds like the OP is all air???
Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-04-27 3:21:26 PM||   2004-04-27 3:21:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Apparently they were using tanks as well (according to MSNBC)
Posted by Jamraza 2004-04-27 3:22:11 PM||   2004-04-27 3:22:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Major Bob on Fox said AC-130 could be firing on one side of the street and troops could be working the other side. Gotta bet those Marines are moving.
Posted by Sherry 2004-04-27 3:23:54 PM||   2004-04-27 3:23:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 What Jamraza said - tank(s) also involved sez Fox, too. No word on whether or not Iraqi SF was participating in ground movements.
Posted by .com 2004-04-27 3:25:02 PM||   2004-04-27 3:25:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Sounds like the OP is all air???

And forward observers/air controllers.
Posted by Robert Crawford  2004-04-27 3:26:45 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com]  2004-04-27 3:26:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 Has anybody managed to figure out yet if this is just the Marines beating down a couple of blocks, or are they really going downtown?

Being stuck in a veal pen cubicle sucks...
Posted by Laurence of the Rats  2004-04-27 3:27:56 PM||   2004-04-27 3:27:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 God bless them all and keep them safe. Come home boys and girls!! Come home safe. We're praying for you.
Posted by B 2004-04-27 3:28:39 PM||   2004-04-27 3:28:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 Any close-up night vision tape will be interesing.

Any more "subliming" Qaedas after encountering the helicopters?
Poof if you reach for that grenade launcher. . .
Posted by Anonymous4052 2004-04-27 3:29:37 PM||   2004-04-27 3:29:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#21 good - prep the field before sending in the troops..
Posted by Dan 2004-04-27 3:30:44 PM||   2004-04-27 3:30:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#22 Earlier in the day, U.S. aircraft dropped white leaflets over the city west of Baghdad, calling on insurgents to surrender.
"Surrender, you are surrounded," the leaflets said. "If you are a terrorist, beware, because your last day was yesterday. In order to spare your life end your actions and surrender to coalition forces now. We are coming to arrest you."

Bwahahahaha!
Posted by Steve  2004-04-27 3:34:00 PM||   2004-04-27 3:34:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#23 arrest? snicker, not from what we're seeing. Maybe he meant arrest you as in.. cardiac arrest.
Posted by B 2004-04-27 3:36:29 PM||   2004-04-27 3:36:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#24 From a Marine Lt. Col yesterday about the area they are fighting today -- Jolan heights, as com said --

"There may be neighborhoods in the city that are ready for the kind of security that joint patrols can provide," Olson said, adding that the neighborhood his battalion operates in is probably not one of them.

The northwest corner of the city along a huge "S" bend in the Euphrates River has been the main battleground between American forces and the insurgents since the Marines surrounded the city April 5, when they lost their first man minutes after arriving, and where they lost two more in Monday's battle.

The area, known as Jolan, is the old heart of the city, Olson said, with narrow and irregular streets, and small winding alleyways. It is the most densely populated part of the city and military officials say they believe it is home to the largest concentration of Iraqi insurgents and foreign fighters.

Military officials say it could be an extremely difficult place for Marines to fight.

While they said joint patrols and other measures could stabilize some neighborhoods, military leaders said other regions such as the Jolan are still too solidly in the hands of the rebels to venture into without force. In those neighborhoods, mainly in the west, a military offensive seems to remain on the table.

"In areas where we can do that, we're going to do that," Olson said of joint patrols Monday.

In others, he said, "We'll continue military operations where that is necessary."
Posted by Sherry 2004-04-27 3:41:25 PM||   2004-04-27 3:41:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#25 



Fallujah from CNN

Posted by Anonymous4052 2004-04-27 3:41:58 PM||   2004-04-27 3:41:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#26 A glorious sight.
Posted by Howard UK 2004-04-27 3:50:01 PM||   2004-04-27 3:50:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#27 Now where's that aerial map of Fallujah when you need one....
Posted by Rafael 2004-04-27 3:52:42 PM||   2004-04-27 3:52:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#28 hi all after a long time, just had to say how much i enjoyed the wicked show in Fallujah this evening, loved watching those buildings going boom,lets hope the MOAB gets its combat debut within the coming days :)
Posted by Shep UK 2004-04-27 3:54:06 PM||   2004-04-27 3:54:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#29 Rafael et al - We need to know some reference on the map. PS Anyone hearing Hannity - Ollie Noprth is coming up after the break 13:00 PDT/16:00 EDT

Fallujah Aerial Map
Posted by Anonymous4052 2004-04-27 3:58:13 PM||   2004-04-27 3:58:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#30 Don't want to turn in your weapons?...alrighty then.
Posted by TS (vice girl) 2004-04-27 3:58:54 PM||   2004-04-27 3:58:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#31 #22 Steve that's rockin' good news - I hadn't seen that anywhere else. Prayers for our troops....toe-tags for our enemies.
Posted by Rex Mundi 2004-04-27 4:04:41 PM||   2004-04-27 4:04:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#32 Amen to that Mr Rex. I also like the laugh track psyops!
Posted by Anonymous4052 2004-04-27 4:06:15 PM||   2004-04-27 4:06:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#33 Hi to you too Shep. That's a purdy big bonfire out Fallujah way...
Posted by Seafarious  2004-04-27 4:15:46 PM||   2004-04-27 4:15:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#34 Hi there Shep. Didn't see all this on the beeb site!
Posted by Howard UK 2004-04-27 4:19:57 PM||   2004-04-27 4:19:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#35 Ollie North Sez -

Crude summary - I was typing as Ollie was talking

Insurgents tried top make a move on a Marine position, responded with toe missles, and then AC130s to places they were being fired on from. The Marines occupied some of the positions in Northwest Fallujah.

1500-2000 jihadists with AK47s, RPG, etc. small-medium arms. Iraqi troops are working with us.

Picking off the jihadis one at a time with night vision goggles and appropriate weapons.

Gen.Mattis says that this is the most effective way to eliminate jihadis, one at a time.

Many jihadis are foreign; from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, and Egypt.

Ollie says a Navy Medic he met has been wounded 3 times and insists on staying. Hint hint Kerry.

Ollie left battle zone with some wounded. They appeared they didn't have life-threatining injuries, though a few might be evacuated to Reimsten, GER
Posted by Anonymous4052 2004-04-27 4:21:06 PM||   2004-04-27 4:21:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#36 Welcome back, Shep.

As Howard UK says, "A glorious sight."


"It's gonna be a bright . . .bright, sunshiny day . . . "
Posted by ex-lib 2004-04-27 4:21:51 PM||   2004-04-27 4:21:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#37 Go Marines! Come home safely and kill the bad guys. (Actually do it in the reverse order.)
Posted by remote man 2004-04-27 4:26:03 PM||   2004-04-27 4:26:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#38 Didn't see all this on the beeb site!
See what I mean...you can smell/feel their desperation. Do they really think we won't notice? They are soooo desperate, they don't even care anymore.

Bwahhahahahahaaaaaaa! It's almost painful to watch.
Posted by B 2004-04-27 4:27:13 PM||   2004-04-27 4:27:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#39 Anybody see the marine engagment on CNN just seconds ago? It was from days ago, but it showed the marines under fire and calling in an airstrike. BTW, they were swearing at the terrorists.
Posted by Charles  2004-04-27 4:31:29 PM||   2004-04-27 4:31:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#40 "Iraqi troops are working with us. Picking off the jihadis one at a time with night vision goggles and appropriate weapons."
Neener-neener-neener to J. F'himself Kerry and Sen. Hillary, Queen of the Dead (Fallujans)!

"Many jihadis are foreign; from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, and Egypt."
So, this is a multicultural experience for them.

This just in: Islamic "paradise" running short of virgins!
Oh well, they've always got each other to fall back on. And the sheep in Iraq can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Sounds like a win-win for everybody.
Posted by ex-lib 2004-04-27 4:31:51 PM||   2004-04-27 4:31:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#41 Yeah Charles, saw that. I didn't get what happened to that Marine near the end of the clip? Did he get hit? M203 misfired?
Posted by Rafael 2004-04-27 4:35:52 PM||   2004-04-27 4:35:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#42 Sun ni John Phillip Sousa...
Ifin the culture could do that we would be fighting em.

52 get a name we need you.

I'm thinkin this is scambling the eggs o the battlefield.
YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET
Posted by Shipman 2004-04-27 4:36:23 PM||   2004-04-27 4:36:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#43 Did he get hit? M203 misfired?

If I heard right he suffered a minor flesh wound from a richocheting bullet. Not bad enough to take him out of the fight though, not by a long shot.
Posted by Charles  2004-04-27 4:38:56 PM||   2004-04-27 4:38:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#44 WTF!? CNN just showed a political cartoon with Bush looking like a dummy with big ears and saying " Iraq is not like Vietnam........I actually went to Iraq. "

Even when our soldiers are risking their lives they have to take a pot-shot at Bush!
Posted by Charles  2004-04-27 4:44:01 PM||   2004-04-27 4:44:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#45 To Shipman et al - I will change from A4052 to BigEd tomorrow. I want to keep A4052 for the rest of the day for consistencey sake.
Posted by Anonymous4052 2004-04-27 4:50:19 PM||   2004-04-27 4:50:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#46 Cool 52. The AC130 are laying down 105 fire. I'm thinking the pause at least gave the air forces a few minutes to update targets.
Posted by Shipman 2004-04-27 4:52:35 PM||   2004-04-27 4:52:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#47 Just watching the BBC news here
did you know the yanks are losing?

I'm going back to throwing more stuff at the T.V. now. This is getting a bit to silly.
Posted by Evert V. in NL  2004-04-27 5:07:42 PM|| [http://srv.fotopages.com/?o=935389&t=2]  2004-04-27 5:07:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#48 I wouldn't say losing from the camera shake. maybe the cameraman was being blown at the time.
Posted by Howard UK 2004-04-27 5:16:29 PM||   2004-04-27 5:16:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#49 

Yup, BBC, looks like the Marines are losin' it to me!
It's as plain as that light in the night sky.

Posted by Anonymous4052 2004-04-27 5:28:45 PM||   2004-04-27 5:28:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#50 Check out the link, video from inside Falluja, Marines dug in some Iraqi's house.
Posted by CobraCommander 2004-04-27 5:51:56 PM|| [http://www.foxnews.com/video2/player.html?8657&Fallujah_Battle&Battle%20for%20Fallujah&acc&wvx-300]  2004-04-27 5:51:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#51 I was in Paris a few years ago and the tour guy stated that Napolean tore down all the gheto buildings and rebuilt the areas with the large roads and bigger public housing. This was done to make it easier to control the city. Sounds like the NW part of Falluja could use this tactic.
Posted by Patrick 2004-04-27 6:24:57 PM||   2004-04-27 6:24:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#52 Some good eyewitness accounts in the BBC. Still hard to figure out the target. It wasn't the UN building or the embassies. Apparently it occurred in an area with lots of Baath party housing.
Posted by 11A5S 2004-04-27 6:42:08 PM||   2004-04-27 6:42:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#53 "Eyewitness Accounts" link above is to BBC's story on explosions in Damascus, Syria.
"There were at least a dozen blasts and several rounds of gun fire," one witness told BBC News Online.
"We could hear the explosions which began around 7pm and continued sporadically for at least 15 minutes. We could also see smoke rising from the Mezze area."

And it's Another ('scuse me, where's my helmet) Exciting Evening in the Middle Eeast.
Posted by Old Grouch  2004-04-27 7:01:52 PM||   2004-04-27 7:01:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#54 BTW, they were swearing at the terrorists.

I'm taking note of this and it will be reported.
What's that man's Number?
11 Sir.

Write it down!
Yes Sir.

Now Erase It!
Posted by Shipman 2004-04-27 7:44:33 PM||   2004-04-27 7:44:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#55 Wrong thread. Sorry.
Posted by 11A5S 2004-04-27 7:53:47 PM||   2004-04-27 7:53:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#56 To answer a question posed much earlier, I just heard on FoxNews from Ret. Marine Col Ed Badolato that there is a battalion of Peshmerga operating with the Marines. He mentioned something to the effect that they were prolly quite happy to be allowed a chance to get a shot at the Sunnis, heh.
Posted by .com 2004-04-27 8:10:51 PM||   2004-04-27 8:10:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#57 Damn. Just got home and I missed all of the fireworks.

Any good online vids out there?
:(

I saw the Foxnews one. Kinda meh, but that's a shitload of firing there.
Posted by Anonymous 2004-04-27 8:50:12 PM||   2004-04-27 8:50:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#58 I suppose that by asking for their arms, the Marines could be called the Falluja branch of Handgun Control, Inc.
Posted by Anonymoose 2004-04-27 10:13:34 PM||   2004-04-27 10:13:34 PM|| Front Page Top

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