Fallujah, again!?!

This is a very direct, repeated, specific mission. People seem to forget (or maybe never knew) that those contractors whose bodies were desecrated by Iraqis in Fallujah were not the opening salvo in the war on Fallujah. Several civilian bombings and many instances of degrading treatment of civilians where Coalition soldiers used excessive force preceded that. In fact, according to local reports, the opening salvo was in the early stages of the Iraq invasion when Americans fired on a group of protestors outside a school, killing 15 unarmed people.

I guess the big dicks couldn't take the sting of suggestion that they got run out of Fallujah with their tails between their legs after going in their to exact vengeance for those four dead contractors. (Bush wanted heads to roll.) We'll flatten the whole damned town before we leave, because it has been successfully repelling our attacks since we started, and we cannot let that go unanswered. And that is just how ignorant our military planners are.

US tanks have taken up positions around Falluja and appear to be preparing to enter the Iraqi city.

At least 15 tanks were seen on Wednesday taking up temporary stations one kilometre past the US checkpoint that leads into the city.

Iraqi officials in Falluja confirmed that American troops had asked local authorities to provide them with safe passage through the city.

  Aljazeera article

It should be interesting to hear what story they make up about why they went in this time.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.