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Iraq-Jordan
Fallujah rules spelt out
2004-11-08
IRAQ'S interim prime minister said today "terrorists" are not interested in a peaceful settlement. He announced that emergency measures would be imposed on the insurgent strongholds of Fallujah and Ramadi beginning at 6pm (2am AEDT Tuesday). In a press conference in Baghdad, Iyad Allawi said that Iraq's borders with Syria and Jordan will also be closed off and Baghdad's international airport would be shut down for 48 hours. "Once again, we have seen more criminal acts committed by these terrorists who continue to use Fallujah as a base for their operations... We have no other option but to take the necessary measures to protect Iraqi people from these killers and liberate Fallujah," he said.

Early today, US and Iraqi troops began an offensive to take the city, seizing a hospital and two bridges over the Euphrates River in the first stage of a major assault on the insurgent stronghold. Mr Allawi said that during the raid today, "Iraqi forces entered Fallujah Hospital, capturing four foreigners and killing 38 persons. We do not know whether they are Iraqis or not. They were stationed in the hospital in order to carry out terrorist actions." Two of the foreign terrorists seized were from Morocco, he said.
Posted by:tipper

#12  OldSpook---Was the hospital used for patching up terrorists in the past, IYHO? Denying the terrorists medical facilities seems to be another place to put them at a disadvantage.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-11-08 9:47:17 PM  

#11  Sure hope they never learned to swim.
Posted by: John Q. Citizen   2004-11-08 9:42:32 PM  

#10  FYI - initial steps (while I can still talk about this stuff).


1) Hospitals - prevents the terrs from uising it as a hostage senter, prevents disinformation propaganda, and provides US-Iraqi forces with close-by top facility for medical care for ALL sides.

2) taking those bridges means that when the Marines drive in from the North & East and the Army comes in from the east and south - the Terrs have nowhere to go but into the river.
Posted by: OldSpook   2004-11-08 9:41:13 PM  

#9  Iran or Saudi.

And if they are headed to Iran, they have to cross a lot of Shia territory - or else face the Kurds.
Posted by: OldSpook   2004-11-08 9:38:39 PM  

#8  Soes this mean their only route of escape is Iran?
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2004-11-08 6:37:03 PM  

#7  When in doubt, empty the magazine.
Posted by: mojo   2004-11-08 6:08:27 PM  

#6  I hope in a hundred years when the USMC sez we're going to be using the Falluja rules it means something.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-11-08 2:12:10 PM  

#5  Hey, let's all say a prayer for our Marines and soldiers (and our Iraqi allies) who are about to join this fight. Without them, where would the world be now?
Posted by: Tibor   2004-11-08 10:49:25 AM  

#4  Problem is it works well on Cats too :(
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2004-11-08 10:12:52 AM  

#3  Is that stuff made of powdered Rachel Corry?

Yep. No good against caterpillars though, trust me.
Posted by: Bulldog   2004-11-08 10:10:41 AM  

#2  Is that stuff made of powdered Rachel Corry?
Posted by: BH   2004-11-08 10:06:16 AM  

#1  "We do not know whether they are Iraqis or not" and we don't really care.

LOL
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2004-11-08 9:56:28 AM  

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