April 05, 2004
U.S. launches revenge mission
The plan is to use underpaid and underappreciated American troops to avenge the deaths of some mercenaries who chose to go to Iraq in exchange for lots of money. Oh, and we’ll use a few disposable Iraqi bodies as well.
Hundreds of U.S. and Iraqi troops in tanks, trucks and other vehicles surrounded the turbulent city of Fallujah on Monday ahead of a major operation against insurgents following the grisly slayings of four American security contractors last week.Posted by Norwood at April 5, 2004 07:28 AMU.S. commanders have been vowing a massive response to pacify Fallujah, one of the most violent cities in the Sunni Triangle, the heartland of the anti-U.S. insurgency north and west of Baghdad.
After the slayings of the Americans on Wednesday, residents dragged the four bodies through the streets, hanging two of their charred corpses from a bridge, in horrifying scenes that showed the depth of anti-U.S. sentiment in the city.
U.S. troops closed off entrances to Fallujah with earth barricades ahead of the planned operation, code named ``Vigilant Resolve.'' Military patrols entered the city's outer suburbs on reconnaissance missions and to broadcast warnings on loud speakers to residents to stay indoors until Tuesday.
