necessary to secure fallujah on behalf of the iraqi people. this fight starts. the first thing that happens is we re going to go in and get control of fallujah. and very quickly, it boils down into a fight, and then to a siege. they were fighting zarqawi and al qaeda. we realized, you know, holy [ muted ], this guy is for real. u.s. troops are attacking on several fronts. but they re under fire everywhere, and the casualties are mounting. as an effort was made to recapture the city, it was pushed initially and it was halted for political reasons. tonight there are reports that two of the three marine battalions surrounding fallujah have now pulled back from their front line positions.
this fight starts. the first thing that happens is we re going to go in and get control of fallujah. and very quickly, it boils down into a fight, and then to a siege. they were fighting zarqawi and al qaeda. we realized, you know, holy [ muted ], this guy is for real. u.s. troops are attacking on several fronts. but they re under fire everywhere, and the casualties are mounting. as an effort was made to recapture the city, it was pushed initially and it was halted for political reasons. tonight there are reports that two of the three marine battalions surrounding fallujah have now pulled back from their front line positions. what happened was it created this standoff with coalition forces, with a few iraqi forces