Reply #13: Desperate Rescue Mission in Fallujah (WP) [View All]

[western mass]

A more detailed story in the WP:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12526-2004Apr14.html

I found this paragraph interesting:

"Just before dawn Wednesday, however, AC-130 Spectre gunships launched a devastating punitive raid over a six-block area around the spot where the convoy was attacked, firing dozens of artillery shells that shook the city and lit up the sky. Marine officials said the area was virtually destroyed"

Now I get it: we have to destroy the city to save the city!