The battle for Fallujah

The battle for Fallujah continues. There have not been many updates in the media, other than the fact that both the US and Iraqi forces have moved forward. The estimates I have seen suggest around 10,000 Americans and 2,000 Iraqi soldiers are invovled in the attack. Last time the USA went into Fallujah the soldiers had to back off due to high civilian casualties. This time around the administration is confident that they can take the city.

The civilian casualties should not be as much as a problem this time since many people have fled the city (due to warnings that this attack was coming), there is also the curfew that was put into effect. I'd find it very unlikely that the US will pull back even if there are high casualties. Elections are coming up, and they need to have the city buttoned up. I only worry that the (nesisary) warning that allowed civilians to escape also allowed to many of the terrorists to get out of the city to cause problems elsewhere. Hopefully taking away the main base of operations will be enough to at least weaken the organization of the attacks against American and Iraqi soldiers.