Posted: 11/7/2004 11:37:54 PM EDT
| All major news sites reporting fierce fighting. Prayers being sent for our soldiers that are in harm's way. God Bless America! |
yeah, in an earlier thread ppl were saying it's an AK. the iraqi army (not to be confused with the iraqi national guard) is with them, so it may be an iraqi. |
Dang, now that you said it,.. it sure doesn't look like an M16. All it said at Fox News was: "Nov. 8: A nightscope of U.S. forces storming the main city hospital in Fallujah, Iraq" www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,137843,00.html Okay.. but they also show this one.... Nov. 8: U.S. soldiers walking down a corridor after storming Fallujah’s main hospital  Definitely an AK. Probably a photo of an Iraqi soldier fighting with United States forces. |
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# The Iraqi 36th Special Operations Battalion are considered the toughest, most capable and loyal of all Iraqi security forces and inserting them into Fallujah before any American ground troops arrive puts an “Iraqi face” on the entire operation. # A U.S. military official said there are concerns about “inflated civilian casualty figures,” so they wanted friendly forces at the hospital. It's believed the U.S. military will place embedded western journalists at the hospital to verify casualty reports. Sounds good to me. |
awesome idea! |
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 An American Special Forces soldier, center, and an Iraqi soldier, left, trying on Sunday to identify doctors after troops stormed a Falluja hospital. Shawn Baldwin for The New York Times  Members of the First Marine Division took up positions on Monday morning outside Falluja to begin the battle for it. Ashley Gilbertson for The New York Times  FALLUJAH, IRAQ: A US soldier with 1/5 Cavalery scans a road leading to the northwest of Fallujah while an abandonned car shot by a Bradley burns in the background 08 November 2004, 50 kms west of Baghdad. US and Iraqi forces rolled into the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah early today, taking a hospital and two bridges as US warplanes struck rebel targets around the city. AFP PHOTO/PATRICK BAZ (Photo credit should read PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images)  Image made from TV of a US soldier breaking open a door as troops enter Fallujah hospital, in Iraq (news - web sites), Monday, Nov. 8, 2004. US forces stormed into western districts of Fallujah early on Monday, seizing the main city hospital and securing two key bridges over the Euphrates River in what appeared to be the first stage of the long-expected assault on the rebel stronghold. (AP Photo / APTN / Pool)  A video grab shows soldiers from the US Special Forces and the Iraqi 36th Command Battalion storming the main hospital in Falluja, late November 7, 2004. The Iraqi soldiers seized the main hospital in Falluja, blindfolding a number of people and kicking down doors but not firing a shot. U.S. warplanes pounded Falluja on Monday as ground forces battled guerrillas on the outskirts of the rebel-held city that American and Iraqi forces were poised to storm. REUTERS/Pool |
Looks like they're taking the threat of booby trapped cars with IEDs very seriously. |