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--- Begin Message ----Caveat Lector-http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1260&storyid=2218400 Soldiers go over the top into hell By NED PARKER and PATRICK BAZ in Fallujah November 10, 2004 AFTER a night of pounding Fallujah, 10,000 US and Iraqi troops scrambled over a railway embankment on the city's outskirts. They immediately confronted insurgents armed with rocket-propelled grenades and had to fight street by street through an ancient maze. The most significant battle since Baghdad fell 19 months ago began two hours after sunset. In a two-pronged attack, heavy fire ripped through the notorious Jolan district in the northwest as a separate force took control of Fallujah's railway station in the northeast. As the marines edged closer to Jolan, at least four 900kg bombs were dropped in the northwest of the city. The marines poured into a complex of several buildings, including two apartment blocks, a school, a mosque and a government building, in the sector. Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi authorised the operation, dubbed "Phantom Fury", seven months after an initial attempt by the US military to reclaim the rebel nerve centre ended in a stalemate. Ending weeks of anticipation, Iraqi troops and US marines seized control of Fallujah's main hospital during a pre-dawn offensive on Monday, triggering a day of clashes that led to an all-out assault as night fell. Missiles rained down on the city, with the action most intense in the Askari district in the northeast and Jolan in the northwest. "They are in the process of incinerating the sector," a Jolan resident said. Iraq's Defence Minister Sheik Hazem Shaalan warned worse was to follow as the US-backed Government battled to retake the city, the symbol of an insurgency bent on undermining its plans to hold elections by January. "Tomorrow is the large-scale operation to retake the city," he said. "We've called it operation Dawn. God willing, it's going to be a new, happy dawn for the people of Fallujah." Mr Shaalan said some insurgents had fled the city, but vowed they would be captured. Just before the battle started, Mr Allawi visited the thousands of Iraqi troops camped around Fallujah. "Your job is to arrest the killers but if you kill them, then let it be," he said. "You need to avenge the victims of the terrorists like the 37 children who were killed in Baghdad and the 49 of your colleagues who were slaughtered," he said, referring to two of the deadliest attacks unleashed by insurgents loyal to Iraq's most wanted militant and al-Qaeda frontman Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Iraqi and US officials believe al-Zarqawi and his followers have turned Fallujah into a base. They gave residents an ultimatum to surrender the militants or face assault. Many of Fallujah's 300,000 residents are thought to have fled to surrounding areas or Baghdad as living conditions deteriorated and fears of the assault, which has been in the pipeline for months, grew. Doctors inside the besieged city painted a grim picture of a chronic lack of medical equipment, trained staff, water and electricity. "All of the surgeons in the city are locked in the general hospital and are not permitted to return to Fallujah," said Dr Hashem Issawi, who works in one of just two functioning medical clinics. "Ambulances have also been confiscated. We lack material and equipment." Medics said 12 people had been killed and 30 wounded in the day-long bombardment, while Mr Allawi said 38 militants had died around the western fringe of the city as US and Iraqi troops secured the hospital and two bridges. US commanders estimate that 2000 to 2500 fighters, some loyal to Zarqawi, are inside the city and its surrounding areas, ready to fight. The US military believes that another 10,000 men could join in the battle. General George Casey, commander of US forces in Iraq, said insurgents had erected defences on the "outer crust" of the city, but believed they would fall back toward the centre for the major confrontation. "Our intelligence is telling us they have lined some of the streets with explosive devices and placed car bombs around the city," he said. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. 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