Operation Phantom Fury
Just starting a thread of it's own about news from the attack on Falluja.
Here's a couple of articles about the attack:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle....toryID=6754237&src=rss/worldNews§ion=news
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/09/iraq.main/index.html
Reuters did also report that a US helicopter (unknown type) has been shot down, but this has been rejected by the US forces.
About 40 "terrorists" and 15 civilians have been killed so far, but I've heard nothing about and US casualties.
I did however hear on the radio this morning that two US Marines that were a part of this operation did drown in an accident on the Euphrates river.
This has not been confirmed yet.
Edit: found some more info here:
http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/33746.htm
A hospital inside Falluja has also been hit according to civilian sources inside the city.
This is not confirmed either, since the US forces have not been able to reach that hospital yet..
Please post any news you see/read/hear about operation Phantom Fury in here (with sources please).
Just starting a thread of it's own about news from the attack on Falluja.
Here's a couple of articles about the attack:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle....toryID=6754237&src=rss/worldNews§ion=news
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/09/iraq.main/index.html
Reuters did also report that a US helicopter (unknown type) has been shot down, but this has been rejected by the US forces.
About 40 "terrorists" and 15 civilians have been killed so far, but I've heard nothing about and US casualties.
I did however hear on the radio this morning that two US Marines that were a part of this operation did drown in an accident on the Euphrates river.
This has not been confirmed yet.
Edit: found some more info here:
http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/33746.htm
Initial reports indicated that two Marines and 42 rebels were killed in the opening battles, but the numbers are expected to dramatically increase. The Marines drowned when their bulldozer flipped over in a river.
A hospital inside Falluja has also been hit according to civilian sources inside the city.
This is not confirmed either, since the US forces have not been able to reach that hospital yet..
Please post any news you see/read/hear about operation Phantom Fury in here (with sources please).