http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040408/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_us_fallujah_scene&cid=1514&ncid=1473Ferocious fighting in rebel bastion prompts comparisons with Vietnam war
FALLUJAH, Iraq (AFP) - Ten Iraqi insurgents and two US soldiers were killed as the marines met ferocious resistance in this restive town, several days into their offensive against Sunni Muslim fighters.
The tough fight put up by insurgents in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, prompted the marine commander to make comparisons with the Vietnam War. snip
Throughout the day the marines inched forward block-by-block taking sniper fire and hit-and-run attacks with mortars and RPGs. A US medic said the resistance was more intense than in last spring's invasion. snip
After more than three days of ferocious fighting, the marines had managed to move just two kilometres (a little over a mile) through the industrial zone, which they had thought was largely abandoned. snip
"And this is like Hue City in Vietnam," he said, referring to the former imperial capital where in 1968 US troops faced the most ferocious street fighting of the communists' decisive Tet offensive. snip
Flies buzzed over the body of a middle-aged man with a mustache, shot in the neck by marines after he fired a RPG at them across the industrial wasteland of garages, factories and metal shops.
"We don't know where to move him," said a marine.
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