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Originally posted by baltassoc
So I keep seeing reports on Fallujah quoting US military commanders answering questions about whether the leadership of the insurgents is still in Fallujah by saying things like "We have every reason to expect that they would have pulled back from the city and are regrouping." This strikes me as odd. Where's the propaganda? Why aren't they saying "Yes, we think they've run like the yellow dogs they are to hide in caves"? I mean, where's the sense of controlling the spin? Why are we not calling these guys out into the street? They think they're such badasses, come on out. Why are we making them seem reasonable?
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Reports from the field say that's what the psychological operations people are doing. They have some Iraqi interpreter on a loudspeaker saying, "hey tough guys, please come out here and kill us like you said you would"....
As for the leadership, there have been several mainstream reports that a senior local leader and al-Zarqawi's top military aide (a Saudi) have been killed in the last 4 days.
Personally, I'm hoping to see a few D-9s razing every structure in Fallujah that has been used by the insurgency. Every single one, and if there's no town left when its over, so be it.
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