Photos Operation Phantom Fury: Fallujah 2004

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From what I've read, USMC destroyed enough weapons to arm an army.

 

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US Army from 1st Infantry Division.

 

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 29: Sergeant Kevin Boyd of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is bandaged after a graze as US Marines of the 1st Battalion 3rd Marines, engage in battle with three insurgents in Fallujah while searching a house, leaving one marine dead and three wounded November 29, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. US commanders say that only half the houses in Fallujah have so far been searched for weapons caches and insurgents, and hope that seizing control of the insurgent nerve center of Fallujah before January elections in Iraq will decapitate the anti-US rebellion across the country. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

 

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 9: U.S. Marines of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion 3rd Marines, listen for an explosive charge (set by them) to open a doorway, as they make their final attack, completing a push from north to south to the main road that divides the city November 9, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. On the authority of Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, U.S. and Iraqi forces are currently engaged in a battle to take back control of the city ahead of planned nationwide elections in January. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

 

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 15: U.S. Marine scouts of the Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) "Raider platoon" move to clear two suspect warehouses in a pre-dawn raid on November 15, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. U.S. and Iraqi forces are pushing their offensive in Fallujah, battling remaining pockets of resistance to stem the insurgency that has gripped all of Iraq. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

 

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 23: Stepping back into the battlefield, U.S. Marines of the Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) company of 1st Battalion 3rd Marines, clear houses at the site where four insurgents staged a bloody counter-attack, killing one American and wounding many others November 23, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. U.S. commanders are trying to quell the insurgency in Iraq. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

 

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ - AUGUST 10: A warning is painted on the wall above U.S. Marines from 2nd Battalion 7th Marines as they prepare to leave Fox Company on a re-supply convoy August 10, 2005 in Fallujah, Iraq. The convoy was bringing hot food and supplies to line companies providing security in the city of Fallujah. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

 

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 13: An Iraqi family holding two children (Rear) wait in their kitchen as U.S. Marines of Fox Company, 2nd Battalion 6th Marine Regiment, search their house in the early morning as part of raids against about 60 houses to try and find information about a grenade attack that wounded a U.S. Marine November 13, 2005 in Fallujah, Iraq. One year after the U.S. Marine invasion of Fallujah emptied, cleared and heavily damaged the city, some insurgents have made their way back, attacking with roadside bombs and grenades, even as many Fallujans rebuild from the damage of the November 2004 offensive. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

 

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NEAR FALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 4: American freelance photographer Stephanie Kuykendal and Corporal Ian McHugh lie wounded, after US Marines of the Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) company of the 1st Battalion 3rd Marines, were struck by an anti-tank mine near Fallujah on November 4, 2004. The incident wounded two marines and the US photographer Stephanie Kuykendal, as US and Iraqi forces prepare for an all-out invasion against insurgents in Fallujah. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

 

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 10: U.S Marine Sergeant Kevin Boyd from Pittsburgh, Pennslylvania, of the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) company, as part of 1st Battalion 3rd Marines, handles a Draganov sniper rifle taken from insurgents while searching houses for insurgents November 10, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. It is reported that U.S. forces have taken 70 percent of the city. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

 

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 13: U.S. Marines from the 1st U.S. Marines Expeditionary Force, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines Regiment, Charlie Company, rest during the offensive November 13, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. According to Iraqi National Security Adviser Kasim Dawood, 1000 insurgents have been killed and 200 insurgents have been captured during the six-day battle. U.S. Marines have been arresting males between the combat age of 15 and 55-years-old. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)