The Storming of Fallujah Begins!

War Alert! US forces are storming into Western Fallujah. They have seized the main city hospital--always good to have a medical facility under your control as you advance--and secured two bridges over the Euphrates River. This article is rich in details about the operation and its progress--and also makes clear that the insurgency, unable to mount a conventional relief effort, hopes to lift the siege by making things difficult for US and Iraqi government forces elsewhere. Which is why Iraq is now under martial law, except for Kurdistan.

Brain Shavings has more details and is bristling with valuable links. Power Line is also on it, as is Captain's Quarters.