This Times article has the full account of an embedded journalist in Fallujah, right up until the point that he took a shrapnel wound to his arm.
Some choice passages:
‘I think there are committed fighters out there who want to die in Fallujah. We are in the process of allowing them to self-actualise,’ said Lieutenant-Colonel Rainey, a bluffed veteran. The resistance was determined, but hardly the apocalyptic showdown the guerrillas had pledged. They had threatened to throw hundreds of suicide bombers at the Americans, but in the darkness they were stumbling while the American gunners could see clearly.
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Then, in a surreal turn, the US Army’s psychological warfare team drove in from the desert, Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries blaring from loudspeakers: war imitating the movies, imitating war.
Those guys in PsyOps know how to win a battle in style.
Read the whole article if you have time - it’s not that long. If you need me I’ll be spending the rest of the day ridiculing Daily Kos’ take on Fallujah.
(Oh it turns out the sublime Ann Althouse has covered it perfectly. Kudos!)
Later
John
Posted by John Swaine at November 10, 2004 03:14 AM | TrackBack