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Politics : Piffer Thread on Political Rantings and Ravings

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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (13065)4/14/2004 7:03:08 PM
From: MulhollandDrive   of 14610
 
hi oral...

remember tora bora?

when will we ever learn....

A 4-day-old truce in the city was crumbling amid nightly battles in which gunmen in larger groups have been attacking U.S. troops with increasing sophistication. Wednesday night the fighting began again, with AC-130 gunships over the city battering targets below.

The top Marine commander in the Fallujah area suggested time for negotiations was running out before U.S. forces call off their halt in offensive operations.



"I don't forecast that this stalemate will go on for long," said Maj. Gen. James N. Mattis, commander of the 1st Marine Division. "It's hard to have a cease-fire when they maneuver against us, they fire at us."


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=535&ncid=535&e=2&u=/ap/20040414/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_22
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