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You Probably Would’ve Been Safer in Fallujah last Night than in New York City
That’s what Michael Totten is reporting :
An Edgy Calm in Fallujah
FALLUJAH, IRAQ – “You’re probably safer here than you are in New York City,” said Marine First Lieutenant Barry Edwards when I arrived in Fallujah. I raised my eyebrows at him skeptically. “How many people got shot at last night in New York City?” he said.
“Probably somebody,” I said.
“Yeah, probably somebody did,” he said. “Somewhere.”
Nobody was shot last night in Fallujah. No American has been shot anywhere in Fallujah since the 3rd Battalion 5th Marine Regiment rotated into the city two months ago. There have been no rocket or mortar attacks since the summer. Not a single of the 3/5 Marines has even been wounded.
This is just stunning. Fallujah pacified. Yes, that Fallujah–the site of one of the grimmest moments of the war in Iraq.
What a difference a surge makes.