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Marines recount Fallujah firefight

Apr-28-2004 » Filed Under: Iraq News

Based on comments from our bulletin board it's obvious that many of you also have a personal connection to the Marines fighting in Fallujah. Consequently, I thought you might want to read this article from Darrin Mortenson, who continues his excellent reporting as an embedded reporter there.

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By: DARRIN MORTENSON - Staff Writer

FALLUJAH, Iraq -- One Marine was killed and at least eight more wounded in Fallujah on Monday in a bloody street battle fought close enough that the combatants tossed grenades and fired pistols at each other, officials said.

"It was total chaos," said Navy Corpsman Jason Duty, 20, of New Concord, Ohio, one of the medics who pulled wounded men out of buildings and streets during the worst of the fighting. "It was just gunshots everywhere."

The midday fighting quickly escalated from an isolated ambush into a full-scale battle in which Marine Cobra helicopters raked a mostly abandoned Fallujah neighborhood with missile and machine-gun fire and a tank brought the towering minaret of a prominent mosque crashing to the ground.

The battle began as several recent battles have: after Marines left their lines to move deeper into the city.


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