Steve Russell :
Fallujah on fire again

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer

Had the Iraqis been willing to sign the Status of Forces Agreement, our troops would as we speak be lined up to bleed over Fallujah for a third time.

The Marines were told to take Fallujah. Twice. “OO-RAH” was their response.  Image from TheSleuthJournal.

By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | January 29, 2014

The  New York Times reported that Al Qaeda has taken control of the Iraqi city of Fallujah, for the first time since the U.S. Marines hauled down the Stars and Stripes over the memory of the Second Battle of Fallujah at the end of 2004, having first spilled their blood earlier in the year in the indecisive First Battle of Fallujah in April.
It was a nasty bit of business, taking Fallujah, and it inspired a famous song written by Billy Joel and performed by Cass Dillon.
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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Fallujah, Hamid Karzai, Iraq History, Iraq War, John Kerry, Lance Corporal Dominic Esquibel, Middle East, Rag Bloggers, Status of Forces Agreement, Steve Russell, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Marines, U.S. Military, Vietnam