We haven't even started to go into Fallujah yet!

Yikes... current casualties are simply from cutting of the town to outside access... major caualties to come


U.S. battle guerrillas around Fallujah ahead of operation to pacify city

BASSEM MROUE, Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, April 6, 2004

(04-06) 07:44 PDT FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) --

U.S. troops battled guerrillas Tuesday on the edge of Fallujah in an operation to crush the insurgency there, as violence inspired by supporters of an anti-American Shiite Muslim cleric again spread to at least four cities, with 30 Iraqis killed.

The military reported five Marines and three soldiers killed in operations over the past two days. A Ukrainian soldier also died Monday in a battle in Kut, southeast of Baghdad...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/04/06/international0841EDT0500.DTL

I remember during the invasion when people were estimating what kind of casualties would result from battling for Baghdad, block by block, in urban fighting.

Thankfully, such a bloodbath scenario did not arise. But this time, I fear things may be different. I don't think that cutting off Fallujah will pacify it anymore than the Israelis cutting off sections of the West Bank have pacified the Palestinians. If anything, it will turn Fallujah into a pressure cooker waiting to explode. :scared:

This may be the battle of Baghdad that, thank god, never occured.

Things be not so good.

Let's just hope that Fallujah ends up looking as little like Grozny as possible.

The rebels inside the town I'm sure are prepared and waiting for the troops to enter. It's gonna be bad, real bad...

"Operation Cluster F*ck"

We're not going to win.

Of course, I've seen them put the same thing up when *'s plane lands. Anyways, they just said that the Marines are now entering the suburbs of Fallujah.