Written by: Beck
If you have plans to travel to Fallujah any time soon, you might want to consider postponing them for a bit.
The main push by American troops hasn't quite begun yet, but
the battle has begun on the cities Western outskirts.
U.S. forces stormed into western districts of Fallujah early 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 insurgent stronghold.
An AC-130 gunship raked the city with 40 mm cannon fire as explosions from U.S. artillery lit up the night sky. Intermittent artillery fire blasted southern neighborhoods of Fallujah, and orange fireballs from high explosive airbursts could be seen above the rooftops.
Fallujah straddles the Euphrates river, with the bulk lying on the Eastern side. When we move into there, things will get going in earnest.
(Hat tip:
PW)