Layers of Aircraft Stack Fullujah Skies (Myers hardly, if any civilian ..

[maddezmom]

casualties. :mad:

NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq - The skies over Fallujah are so crowded with U.S. military aircraft that they are layered in stacks above the city, from low-flying helicopters and swooping attack jets to a jet-powered unmanned spy drone that flies above 60,000 feet.


Much of the focus has been on the massive U.S. ground assault to reclaim the insurgent stronghold, but the complex air war is an indication of the effort and equipment the United States has invested in winning the battle for Fallujah.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=3&u=/ap/20041111/ap_on_re_mi_ea/fallujah_air_war

And with all that air power and bombings, Myers continues on:

"Part of the reason it looks like a ghost town is that the Iraqi government gave instructions to the citizens of Fallujah to stay indoors. And the best we know, there have been hardly any, if any, civilian casualties so far," he said.


"And as we clear the city, then humanitarian assistance follows right behind to help those citizens of Fallujah who are not insurgents who are left behind,' he said.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=8&u=/afp/20041111/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_us_fallujah_041111182949

As someone said earlier....the Know Nothings! :eyes:

[Bridget Burke]

1. It's very simple.

All the dead Iraqis are "Insurgents". Did you know that there are even baby insurgents?

[pinniped]

2. So uh, is VI day coming soon?

:eyes:

[htuttle]

3. "Precision bombing"

Right. It's not as if they'd accidentally hit a school in New Jersey or anything...

[maddezmom]

4. or PA