Iran, Hezbollah support al-Sadr - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics: "The U.S. military is trying new tactics to try to quell insurgents in Fallujah, avoiding time-consuming house-to-house sweeps in favor of targeted raids based on hard intelligence. When the 82nd Airborne Division first tried to subdue Fallujah in the summer, units went block by block to locate insurgents. Now, in the second intense battle for the city of Saddam Hussein loyalists, intelligence collection has improved and U.S. Marines can target specific dwellings.
'The plan is not to go house to house, street to street. We are trying to get insurgents,' Capt. Ed Sullivan told Agence France-Presse.
Mr. Hillen said such precision operations mean that the Marines are getting good intelligence. 'If you have good intelligence beforehand, which is the key to the whole Fallujah-type operations, you can at the same time be precise and overwhelming. We've been in and around Fallujah for quite some time, and I'm sure we have some pretty good intelligence sources there.'
Mr. Rumsfeld said part of the intelligence resources are photographs of Iraqis who participated in the killings and mutilations of four American contractors. "
'The plan is not to go house to house, street to street. We are trying to get insurgents,' Capt. Ed Sullivan told Agence France-Presse.
Mr. Hillen said such precision operations mean that the Marines are getting good intelligence. 'If you have good intelligence beforehand, which is the key to the whole Fallujah-type operations, you can at the same time be precise and overwhelming. We've been in and around Fallujah for quite some time, and I'm sure we have some pretty good intelligence sources there.'
Mr. Rumsfeld said part of the intelligence resources are photographs of Iraqis who participated in the killings and mutilations of four American contractors. "
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