The U.S. army said Tuesday it rocketed suspected hideouts of Abu Misaab Zarwqawi's followers in the city, killing 100 militants believed to belong to al-Qaida.
The military escalation in Fallujah was triggered by attacks against U.S. military positions in which nine American troops were killed in the past 24 hours.
Washington Times article
The military escalation in Fallujah was triggered by attacks against U.S. military positions in which nine American troops were killed in the past 24 hours.
U.S. warplanes launched another round of air strikes in Al-Fallujah, a stronghold of Sunni Muslim insurgents north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
Witnesses said there were large explosions in the city early today. The U.S. military has said that as many as 100 Iraqi insurgents were killed in fighting and air strikes yesterday.
The death toll could not be independently confirmed. The operations were launched after seven Marines and three Iraqi national guards were killed in a car bombing near Al-Fallujah on 6 September.
Radio Free Europe article
Witnesses said there were large explosions in the city early today. The U.S. military has said that as many as 100 Iraqi insurgents were killed in fighting and air strikes yesterday.
The death toll could not be independently confirmed. The operations were launched after seven Marines and three Iraqi national guards were killed in a car bombing near Al-Fallujah on 6 September.
One hundred Iraqi insurgents. Whatever that means. No mention of how many Iraqi civilians might have bought it. Airstrikes aren't exactly discriminatory when it comes to sorting out those with weapons and those without.
US jet-fighters pounded insurgents' positions in the flash point Iraqi city of Fallujah Wednesday, witnesses said.
Two jets were seen hovering over the city before dawn and laterin the day, dropping bombs on the industrial area in the city. There was no immediate word about the casualties in the latest airstrike.
On Tuesday, US warplanes fired a number of missiles into Fallujah after seven Marines were killed in a suicide car bombing on the outskirts of Fallujah Monday.
US forces have not patrolled in Fallujah since a three-week siege of the city ended in April. Insurgents have strengthened their hold on Fallujah since then.
Xinhua Net article
Two jets were seen hovering over the city before dawn and laterin the day, dropping bombs on the industrial area in the city. There was no immediate word about the casualties in the latest airstrike.
On Tuesday, US warplanes fired a number of missiles into Fallujah after seven Marines were killed in a suicide car bombing on the outskirts of Fallujah Monday.
US forces have not patrolled in Fallujah since a three-week siege of the city ended in April. Insurgents have strengthened their hold on Fallujah since then.
Continuing the punitive hell. Hey, it's a tactic. Bombing into submission, I believe it's called. Or into nothing, whichever comes first.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
Previous Falluja posts.
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