Re: The Exceptional Case of Fallujah
Your right there Fallujah was mostly an Iraqi fight all along. In fact Al Qaeda thanks to Sadam had a very low presence if any in Iraq. After the toppling of Sadam Al Qaeda came fying in by the minute.
Correct.
Fallujah was a city fight and it was a bloody battle followed by brutal siege and final onslaught.
DU is not used just against tanks but to completely destroy strong points such as a city Anti Tank weapons make excellent City busters too the Vietcong, Russains, Afghans and even the British use anti tank weapons for destroying things that are not just Tanks range of targets include Bunkers and even bridges. DU was used to not only clear the houses but to make them uninhabitable to anyone wanting to re-take them afterwards the Americans did not want an Oosterbeek. Co-incidentally the First US assaults were bogged down in the street fights that followed so instead of getting stuck in a full on Stalingrad situation the Americans decided to bomb the hell out of anything and everything a tactic they have employed since Hiroshima.
It’s a cowardly tactic really when you analyse it closely they just dont have the power to slug it out in a City fight.