Iraq - Fallujah On the Mend

The Washington Post reports on the US success in Fallujah. Nice to see legacy media finally printing some good news from Iraq for a change.

For these Marines, the relative ease with which they walked through Fallujah one day last week was nearly as jarring as the sudden blasts of gunfire that greeted them during the U.S.-led offensive to retake the city from insurgents in early November. Although Marine commanders declared the battle over about a week after ground forces entered the city, deadly clashes continued through most of December. [...]

Shupp said the greatest assets for the Marines fighting the insurgents are the residents, many of whom are cooperating by reporting the locations of weapons caches and suspects.

"The word on the street is that the residents don't want the insurgents in their town," Shupp said. "They only brought death and destruction."
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"They are onesies and twosies," he said. "They take a shot off, and usually it's ineffective small-arms fire. They have difficulty moving. Right now we really consider Fallujah the safest city in Anbar province and maybe in all of Iraq." [...]

"We're all very happy, everybody," Hussein said, pulling his leather jacket tighter around his gray dishdasha. "We're relaxed. The Americans protect us. We feel safe."
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