• CascadeOfLight [he/him]
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    3 days ago

    The ambush led to the First Battle of Fallujah, a U.S.-led operation to retake control of the city. However, the battle was halted mid-way for political reasons, an outcome which commentators have described as insurgent victory.

    rage-cry "W-we would've won if we weren't stabbed in the back! They didn't win, that's the lying fake news media!"

    • HexBroke [any, comrade/them]
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      3 days ago

      On 1 May 2004, the United States withdrew from Fallujah, as Lieutenant General James Conway announced that he had unilaterally decided to turn over any remaining operations to the newly formed Fallujah Brigade - a Sunni security force formed by the CIA

      the group dissolved and had turned over all the supplied weapons to the insurgency by September