Photos Operation Phantom Fury: Fallujah 2004

[Chazman]

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)

 

[Chazman]

FALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 13: U.S. Navy medical Corpsman Nick Navarrette from Omaha, Nebraska, with the U.S. Marines of the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) company, handles two detainees during a search for insurgents November 13, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. U.S. forces are pushing their offensive farther into Fallujah, battling remaining pockets of resistance. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

 

[Chazman]

ALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 8: U.S. Marine Cpl. Joe Ryan of Boise, Idaho, gets ready as Marines with the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance company prepare to assault Fallujah at battle positions on the northern lip of the city November 8, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. U.S. commanders hope that seizing control of the insurgent nerve center of Fallujah before January elections in Iraq will decapitate the anti-U.S. rebellion across the country. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

 

[Chazman]

FALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 10: U.S. Marines Lance Corp. Cody Williamson (L) and Corp. Joe Ryan rest, of the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) company, part of 1st Battalion 3rd Marines, rest 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)

 

[Chazman]

FALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 10: U.S. Marines of the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) company, as part of 1st Battalion 3rd Marines, search 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)

 

[Chazman]

FALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 10: Sweating with exertion, Corporal Timothy Milholin of Lititz, Pennsylvania drinks water as U.S. Marines of the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) company, part of 1st Battalion 3rd Marines, search houses for insurgents November 10, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. It is reported that U.S. forces have taken approximately 70 percent of the city. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

 

[Chazman]

NOTE: It seems all 3 Marines have an AK.




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)

 

[Chazman]

FALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 9: U.S. Marines of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion 3rd Marines, 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)

 

[Chazman]

What do you imagine those two Iraqi soldiers are thinking?





FALLUJAH, IRAQ: A picture released by the US Marines 14 December 2004 shows Lance Cpl. Jeff Bartlett, a team leader with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and Lance Cpl. James Whelan, a rifleman, showing two members of the Iraqi Security Force the procedures for patrolling in the restive city of Fallujah, 50 kms west of Baghdad. US forces launched air strikes on Fallujah the previous day after eight US marines were killed in weekend clashes with Iraqi rebels in Al-Anbar province despite claims that the insurgency was being defeated. AFP PHOTO/HO/USMC (Photo credit should read /AFP via Getty Images)

 

[Chazman]

FALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 13: U.S. Marines from the 1st U.S. Marines Expeditionary Force, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines Regiment, Bravo Company, patrol the street during an 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. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)

 

[Chazman]

NEAR FALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 4: (GERMANY OUT) (EDITORS NOTE: SMUDGE ON LOWER RIGHT IS DIESEL FUEL ON THE LENS) U.S. Marines of the Light Armored Reconnaissance company of the 1st Battalion 3rd Marines care for a wounded soldier after a armored vehicle struck an anti-tank mine on November 4, 2004 near Fallujah, Iraq.Two Marines and an American freelance photographer Stephanie Kuykendal, was injured. U.S. and Iraqi forces are preparing for a possible offensive against insurgents in Fallujah. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

 

[Chazman]

FALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 9: U.S. Marines from the 1st U.S. Marines Expeditionary Force, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines Regiment, Bravo Company pass by a dead body of a suspected insurgent during the ground offensive November 9, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. U.S. troops moved into the center of Fallujah searching homes and using loudspeakers to try to bring the militants out onto the streets. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)

 

[Chazman]

FALLUJAH, IRAQ - November 25: Corporal Timothy Milholin (Lititz, PA) looks up as US Marines of the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Company, as part of 1st Battalion 3rd Marines, clear and search houses, one by one, for insurgents in Fallujah on November 25, 2004. US troops attempted to celebrate Thanksgiving with a rare hot turkey meal while maintaining a major anti-insurgent operation which is aimed at crushing insurgent activities before the January elections. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

 

[Chazman]

FALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 10: U.S. Marines of the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) company, in this case, the "Death Dealer" scouts of the Raider platoon, search houses for insurgents November 10, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. It is reported that U.S. forces have taken approximately 70 percent of the city. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

 

[Chazman]

Note the Marine in back with the old M-79.



FALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 21: U.S. Marines of the 1st Battalion 3rd Marines stand guard as they find insurgent weapons caches November 21, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. U.S. and Iraqi forces are pushing their offensive in Fallujah, battling remaining pockets of insurgent resistance. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

 

[Chazman]

ALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 25: Corporal Timothy Milholin (Lititz, PA) takes a break as US Marines of the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) company, as part of 1st Battalion 3rd Marines, clear and search houses for insurgents one by one on November 25, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. US commanders 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)

 

[Chazman]

FALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 22: Corporal Peter Mason (left) smokes a cigarette after he receives treatment for shrapnel wounds, as US Marines of the 1st Battalion 3rd Marines, Alpha company engage four insurgents while searching houses on November 22, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. US commanders 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)

 

[Chazman]

FALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 22: Marines prepare to fire a rocket at a house during a battle with four insurgents, as US Marines of the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) company, as part of 1st Battalion 3rd Marines, search houses for insurgents on November 22, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. US commanders 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)

 

[Chazman]

WARNING: GRAPHIC!

 

[Chazman]

I wonder where this Jihadi came from? Saudi Arabia? Sudan? Libya? Doesn't look Iraqi.





FALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 9: EDITORS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT A man lies dead in the street after heavy fighting November 9, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. On the authority of Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, US 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)