[Mb-civic] U.S. Continues Airstrikes in Fallujah

[Zippy The Fire Dog]

U.S. Continues Airstrikes in Fallujah

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-iraq-fallujah,0,2809366.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

On Friday, the military said that "combat operations" have not begun and 
American forces have not entered the city. Coalition forces are still 
conducting "security operations," the military said.

An airstrike Thursday at 10 p.m. hit one suspected militant site where "20 
armed invidividuals were seen moving crates and equipment from house to 
house," the U.S. military said.

Multiple secondary explosions were seen but the military said it had no 
information on anti-Iraq forces killed.

On Thursday, the British government agreed to a U.S. request to transfer 
850 British troops of the First Battalion, Black Watch Regiment from 
southern Iraq to an area near Baghdad so U.S. troops could be shifted to 
insurgent hotspots.

The decision has been highly controversial with major opposition within the 
governing Labour Party among lawmakers who saw it as a political move to 
aid President George W. Bush ahead of November elections in America.