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To: LindyBill who wrote (38164)	4/6/2004 9:13:30 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793990

Sounds like we are doing this the hard way. We should have a B-52 overhead with air controllers on the ground. Drop a JDAM on any house that is used to fire on us. The four Marines killed are four too many. Marines Battle Enemy Fighters in Fallujah By Pamela Constable Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, April 7, 2004; 8:30 AM EMBEDDED WITH THE MARINES IN FALLUJAH, April 6--U.S. Marines are inside the flashpoint city of Fallujah in force. They have met significant pockets of resistance but have overpowered it, killing an undetermined number of enemy fighters and taking some prisoners. They fought their way into the stronghold of anti-occupation resistance starting Monday morning, encountering small arms and mortar fire from rooftops, windows and doorways across the city. Fighting has continued off and on through Monday night and Tuesday morning. Marine units have set up bases of operation in the north and south of the city. From these bases, they have been sending rifle squads on foot through the streets of the city. While they have met resistance, the Marines appear to be well in control of the situation. At least four marines have been killed. Officers in command of the Marine units did not have a count of the number of Iraqis killed. They said a number have been taken prisoner. So far, there have been no reports of identifying Iraqis responsible for the killing and mutiliation of four civilian contractors last week.