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	First Battle of Fallujah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The First Battle of Fallujah, sometimes referred to as Operation Vigilant Resolve, was an unsuccessful attempt by US troops to recapture the city of Fallujah in April 2004, as part of the occupation of Iraq.
		The chief catalyst for the operation was the highly-publicized killing and mutilation of four Blackwater private military contractors,
		Vigilant Resolve: Remembering the First Siege of Fallujah with Dahr Jamail.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Operation_Vigilant_Resolve (1900 words)

	Fallujah Vigilant Resolve
		Because the events in Fallujah are current and ongoing, we used a lot of daily news imagery to create the art for Operation Vigilant Resolve and achieve an accurate representation of the area.
		Operation Vigilant Resolve was a month-long siege of a volatile city.
		The operation didn’t have big highlights so much as a constant grinding down of the enemy by pressing in on them, restricting their movement, and cutting their external supply lines.
	www.kumawar.com /FallujahVigilantResolve/notes.php (485 words)

	MAG-16 repositions forces to support Operation Vigilant Resolve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The move occurred April 5-6, and flight operations for the squadron kicked off as soon as boots and skids were on the deck.
		Maj. Charles D. Stout, operations officer and Cobra pilot, HMLA-167, added that the changes to mission objectives come as a result of a variable that always exists in combat.
		Operation Vigilant Resolve will deal with the anti-coalition forces that have risen up in the Iraqi city, claimed Stout.
	www.aircav.com /cobra/ahgal18/news-3633.html (774 words)

	Coalition Response Will Continue "Until Job is Done," Says Gen. Sanchez
		Well, coalition offensive and civil military operations continue throughout the country, as we focus on multiple objectives: restoring order and eliminating anti-coalition forces in Fallujah, destroying Sadr's militia in the central and southern provinces, and continuing progress in rebuilding infrastructure, the economy, and the transition to Iraqi sovereignty.
		We are conducting operations into the center of the city, and we continue to conduct our raids as required and as our intelligence allows to kill or capture the targets that we have identified in the city.
		In terms of the offensive operations, the timing of an offensive operation is not to be disclosed because it eliminates a tactical surprise or the operational surprise that accrues to a commander.
	www.cpa-iraq.org /transcripts/20040409_sanchez_finish-full.html (5432 words)

	Kimmitt-Senor Brief
		The coalition is conducting ongoing combat operations to take the fight to the enemy in order to restore order in Fallujah, to destroy the Mahdi Army and to continue civil-military operations throughout the rest of the area of operations.
		In the west, ongoing operations along the border have significantly impacted the enemy's ability to bring in foreign fighters and equipment.
		Continued offensive operations to destroy the Mahdi Army, to restore the country to stability, and move it on to democracy, sovereignty and liberty.
	www.cpa-iraq.org /transcripts/20040407_Apr7_KimmittSenor.html (4068 words)

	The year in review 2004 Naval Aviation News - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Operation Phantom Fury, later redesignated Operation Al Fajr ("Dawn"), was launched on 8 November to regain control of Fallujah.
		The operation dealt a serious blow to opposing forces, and the liberation of the city was instrumental in paving the way for successful elections.
		Operation Enduring Freedom continued, and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) [MEU (SOC)] deployed in March from the Wasp (LHD 1)-centered Expeditionary Strike Group 2 to Kandahar, Afghanistan, on board the MEU's aviation assets.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0IAX/is_5_87/ai_n15370510 (987 words)

	Operation Vigilant Resolve Nets High Value Targets
		Operations from the Syrian border to the Baghdad suburbs have resulted in the capture or death of a significant number of anti-Iraqi Forces and foreign terrorists.
		Heightened operations to the east, to include the cordon around Fallujah and combat operations in other major cities in the Al Anbar Province, are drawing out anti-Iraqi Forces.
		The increase in the number of attacks on Coalition Forces in the Al Anbar Province is attributable to the I Marine Expeditionary Force’s strategy to heighten their profile, operate throughout the zone and challenge anti-Iraqi Forces in place where they’ve gained influence.
	nyjtimes.com /Stories/2004/04VigilantResolveNetsTargets.htm (299 words)

	Warrant Issued for Anti-Coalition Cleric's Arrest
		Mark Kimmitt said that the coalition is accelerating its offensive operations to kill or capture anti- coalition elements and enemies of the Iraqi people.
		He said Marines and Iraqi forces initiated Operation Vigilant Resolve to confront anti-coalition and anti-Iraqi elements in the Fallujah area.
		The operations were not without cost, as a total of 12 soldiers and Marines were killed in action since April 3.
	nyjtimes.com /Stories/2004/0405ClericArrest.htm (554 words)

	Operation Vigilant Resolve
		Operation Vigilant Justice began on or about April 5, 2004 (some reports put the date as early as April 4) in an around the Al Anbar Province and was designed to pacify violent elements in the area.
		The operation was conducted by U.S. Marines and Coalition forces.
		I Marine Expeditionary Force continued to execute Operation Vigilant Resolve on April 6, 2004 throughout the Al Anbar Province and in several cities known to harbor anti-Iraqi forces.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/ops/oif-vigilant-resolve.htm (907 words)

	Remember Falluja
		This was a retaliatory operation, carried out by the Marines, accompanied by F-16 fighter planes and assault helicopters, under the code name "Vigilant Resolve." It was revenge for the killing of four American security guards on March 31.
		But while the killing of the guards, whose bodies were dragged through the streets of the city and then hung from a bridge, received wide media coverage, and thus prepared hearts and minds for the military revenge, the hundreds of victims of the American retaliation were practically a military secret.
		Operation Vigilant Resolve, in contrast, will become no more than a footnote in American military history - and perhaps a few Marines will even write a book about it.
	globalresearch.ca /articles/SHO405A.html (987 words)

	Spitting Image: Massing Effects in the Information Domain:
		In April 2004, in response to the murder and desecration of Blackwater contractors in Fallujah, Coalition forces led by the I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) launched Operation Vigilant Resolve, an assault to restore control of Fallujah.
		In spite of the superior combat power of I MEF-in leadership, movement and maneuver, and fire support-the operation failed because operations in the information domain were not integrated into the battle plan; in effect, we failed to give the warfighter-on-the-ground the best opportunity to achieve a decisive victory.
		During the military decision-making process, MNF-W identified a piece of key IO terrain that it believed had to be secured early in the operation to begin eliminating the enemy's ability to disseminate misinformation and propaganda.
	www.spitting-image.net /archives/005366.html (863 words)

	CNN.com - Marines, Iraqis join forces to shut down Fallujah - Apr 5, 2004
		Paul Bremer, the U.S. civilian administrator in Iraq, promised that the deaths of the contractors would "not go unpunished." U.S. officials said they were trying to isolate and identify the faces of people seen on the videotapes participating in the abuse of the corpses and may offer rewards for their capture.
		The Fallujah operation may unfold over several days, and the Marines may not attempt to control the center of the town, military sources said.
		The operation involves troops from the U.S. Marines' 2nd battalion, 1st Marines, and the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, both stationed at Camp Pendleton, California, Vanzant said.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/meast/04/05/iraq.main/index.html (1226 words)

	Operation Iraqi Freedom 27
		combat operations in other major cities in the Al Anbar Province, are drawing out anti-Iraqi Forces.
		operating from the mosque, killing at least one.
		operate, we are doing the job, we are performing our mission,
	www.aspiringwriters.biz /operationiraqifreedom27.html (1074 words)

	Operation Vigilant Resolve Puts Aviation Mechs In A Fix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The huge workload came after the squadron sent the Marines and a group of helicopters, to the area known as the Sunni Triangle, in support of Operation Vigilant Resolve.
		After everything is operating correctly, the aviation ordnance technicians start working on their piece of the light attack puzzle, Smith declared.
		As the operational tempo increases in the Sunni Triangle, the maintenance Marines of HMLA-167 buckle down for long hours.
	www.aircav.com /cobra/ahgal18/news-5533.html (935 words)

	The U.S. Army Professional Writing Collection
		He is capable of effectively using the global media to impede our operations by creating the perception that our combat operations are indiscriminate, disproportionate, and in violation of the rules of war.
		As a result of these synchronized, integrated, and complementary actions, we were able to mass information effects and build a strong base of support for combat operations in advance of the operation; in other words, we were able to raise the IO threshold by preparing key influencers and agencies for the impending operation.
		In Operation Al-Fajr, this meant precise, painstaking execution of all the core elements of traditional IO as well as other elements of combat power that had information implications.
	www.army.mil /professionalwriting/volumes/volume4/july_2006/7_06_2.html (5263 words)

	Asia Times - Asia's most trusted news source for the Middle East
		Last year, during the opening phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom, US military commanders, in surveying what they did right, breathed a big sigh of relief about having avoided what is universally considered a soldier's worst nightmare; urban combat, or what the Pentagon calls MOUT (Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain).
		Since US forces launched Operation Vigilant Resolve in the beginning of April, the fighting in Fallujah has brought that nightmare to reality, despite it being a scenario that the US military desperately wanted to avoid.
		But according to a forthcoming report by the RAND Corp that focuses on the lessons learned from Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, due to be released in October, the US military needs to improve its joint urban warfare operations to ensure smoother transitions between combat and support and stability operations.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Middle_East/FE05Ak04.html (1038 words)

	Coalition facing revolt all over Iraq: Three-day toll rises to 130 -DAWN - Top Stories; 07 April, 2004
		In the south, 15 Iraqis were killed and 12 Italian soldiers injured in gunbattles in Nasiriyah during an operation to seize control of bridges from demonstrators loyal to Moqtada Sadr.
		During the operation, a number of guerillas were killed, a US spokesman said.
		One Marine was killed as his comrades kicked off Operation Vigilant Resolve to hunt down the insurgents that slaughtered four US contractors in Fallujah last week.
	www.dawn.com /2004/04/07/top11.htm (817 words)

	GOPUSA - Austin Bay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Many of us had hoped that proliferating communications technologies like backpack TV cameras and real-time Internet imagery would curb atrocities, that genocidal thugs and those who boss them would be reluctant to murder in front of a lens.
		Politically, the operation becomes a peculiar "show of force": Post 9-11, the challenge of thugs angling for "body bag" media victories will be met and trumped.
		The Marines' Operation Vigilant Resolve in Fallujah appears to have this strategic goal in mind.
	www.gopusa.com /commentary/abay/2004/ab_0408p.shtml (725 words)

	Jack Kelly
		And as I write, Operation Vigilant Resolve, to capture or kill the Iraqis in Fallujah who murdered and mutilated four U.S. defense contractors last week is under way.
		Perhaps he thought the Marine operation in Fallujah would divert so many resources and so much attention that the coup attempt would have a better chance to succeed.
		The same is true of the Marines in Operation Vigilant Resolve.
	www.jewishworldreview.com /0404/jkelly040804.asp (756 words)

	communique: news and views for the independent traveler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		By the end of March, just before the four security contractors were killed and mutilated, the situation had spiraled so far out of control that the American occupation command was already planning for a lightning operation to arrest several local resistance leaders and put down the unrest which would inevitably follow.
		From Baghdad to the city of Qaim on the Syrian border, US and other Coalition troops have been implementing a far-ranging operation to interrupt supply lines to the Sunni Triangle from Syria and break the back of what has, at different times, been characterized either as radical Wahhabist, Ba'athist or simply tribal resistance.
		In the miles of desert which makes up the Syrian-Iraqi border, interdiction can never be completely successful, and rather than making a final stand at Fallujah, the Iraqi resistance seems to have found their very own Alamo, right in time for the new film's release.
	www.diacritica.com /communique/content/issuetwo/j.html (1063 words)

	Fallujah Vigilant Resolve
		Hundreds of US Marines and Iraqi forces surround Fallujah and prepare to launch Operation Vigilant Resolve, a month-long military campaign to flush out and punish insurgents responsible for the brutal mutilation of 4 US civilian contractors and to quell the raging hotbed of pro-Saddam loyalists once and for all.
		With the constant barrage of enemy fire in Fallujah, April becomes the deadliest month for US troops since the start of military operations in Iraq more than a year earlier.
		Also on board is Staff Sergeant Dan Snyder, formerly of the Marine Modeling and Simulation office, and an expert on the physical and tactical challenges involved in operations like Vigilant Resolve.
	www.kumawar.com /FallujahVigilantResolve/overview.php (341 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		Marines in the area are involved in Operation Vigilant Resolve.
		We've just had word this morning that four U.S. Marines were killed in Operation Lockdown in Falluja, in the operation, actually, I meant to say, in Falluja.
		The general in charge of operations in Iraq is taking no chances amid the increased violence.
	transcripts.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0404/06/lad.02.html (3335 words)

	Action Vault - Kuma\War Mission Briefing #2
		To find out, we got in touch with the team, and were fortunate enough to secure the chance to introduce the new content segments in advance.
		On April 5, 2004, hundreds of US Marines and Iraqi forces surrounded Fallujah and prepared to launch Operation Vigilant Resolve, a month-long military campaign to flush out and punish insurgents responsible for the brutal mutilation of four US civilian contractors and to quell the raging hotbed of pro-Saddam loyalists once and for all.
		With the constant barrage of enemy fire in Fallujah, April became the deadliest month for US troops since the start of military operations in Iraq more than a year earlier.
	actionvault.ign.com /features/peeks/kumawarpk02.shtml (1037 words)

	Cartel of Defiance: Iraq
		This operation, which was instigated, it seems, directly by President Bush, and had the initial "mission" of "capturing" the Iraqis who killed the four Blackwater employees, emptied 9/10ths of the city (from 350,000 to 30,000 civilians).
		The "Arabness" of Iraq was a fundamental part of why we invaded their country in the first place and its no wonder that our occupation has and continues to precipitate ethnic violence, sectarianism, and extremism.
		Not to mention that the particular brutality of the occupation -- exemplified in Operation Vigilant Resolve, but also obviously apparent in strafe bombing, checkpoints, detention "policy", Abu Ghraib, civilian massacres, etc. etc.
	cartelofdefiance.blogspot.com /2006/07/iraq.html (1274 words)

	Operation Vigilant Resolve - Wikipedia
		Operation Vigilant Resolve bezeichnet einen militärischen Versuch die westirakische Stadt Falludscha zurück zuerobern.
		Schlacht handelt es sich um die Operation Phantom Fury.
		April starteten die Vereinigten Staaten einen Hauptangriff (Operation Vigilant Resolve) mit dem Ziel Falludscha erneut zu besetzen, die Stadt zu halten und die Lage dauerhaft zu befrieden.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Operation_Vigilant_Resolve (635 words)

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