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    Three Block War: Phantom Fury
    Three Block War: Phantom Fury
    Three Block War: Phantom Fury
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    Three Block War: Phantom Fury

    By Matt Zeigler

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    Three Block War: Phantom Fury recounts the combat operations of U.S. Marine units in the legendary second battle of Fallujah in November 2004. Extracted from the full-length Three Block War: U.S. Marines in Iraq, Phantom Fury details 3/1 and 3/5 Marines’ attack into Fallujah’s western Jolan enclave; which included bloody street fighting and deadly house-to-house combat against fortified mujihedeen. In Eastern Fallujah’s Askari district 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines also endured brutal closed-quarters urban battle as it fought its way to the southern objective of ‘Queens,’ where diehard holdouts were defeated to culminate the brutal campaign.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMatt Zeigler
    Release dateJul 9, 2014
    ISBN9781310089848
    Three Block War: Phantom Fury
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    Matt Zeigler

    Former Marine Matt Zeigler worked eight years as a writer and photojournalist in the newspaper industry before embarking on an author's path. During the 1990s he traveled extensively throughout the Southeast covering the greatest athletes of American sports. Zeigler, a 1993 graduate of Troy University, has also published College Football Schemes and Techniques; Wild Alabama; Wild Alabama: Winter Haven; Wild Alabama: The American Robin; Sports Shooter: A Photographer's Story; and 1990s NFL Flashback.

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      Book preview

      Three Block War - Matt Zeigler

      Three Block War

      Phantom Fury

      By Matt Zeigler

      Copyright 2014

      Smashwords Edition

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1 All The Way Through

      Chapter 2 Askari

      Chapter 3 Eight Ball and CQB

      Chapter 4 PHASE II

      Chapter 5 Diehards

      About

      Chapter 1 All The Way Through

      As the holy period of Ramadan approached in the fall of 2004 in Iraq, insurgents increased engagements in Anbar Province once again. The instability in Fallujah had to be confronted by November, when any pretense of security in the city had been abandoned. Mujahideen in Fallujah made it clear they were in control after they kidnapped two Iraqi National Guard battalion commanders back on August 9, with one, Lt. Col. Sulaiman Hamad Ftikan, confirmed killed.

      In September, the Fallujah Brigade, a local force created after April’s battle to secure the city—but collaborated with insurgents instead—was disbanded. The defeat of local guardsmen put terrorists in full charge of Fallujah, but it also led to a major battle for control. RCT-1 cut all ties within the city after the Iraq National Guard was routed, and moved forces such as 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (2/1) and 3/1 to the outskirts of the city; leading to engagements with small arms, snipers, mortars and artillery, plus increased airstrikes. RCT-1’s resolve to secure Fallujah was increased even more September 7, when a suicide car bomber ended the lives of seven Marines from 2/1, which was about to be replaced by 3/5. With heavy hearts for the loss of seven good men within weeks of going home, 2/1 went out that same night and engaged Fallujah insurgents for several hours, killing many and setting off secondary explosions on ammo dumps.

      On Sept. 14, Col. Larry Nicholson took control of RCT-1 from Col. John Toolan at Camp Fallujah. Nicholson’s command ended abruptly a few hours later when a rocket attack inflicted severe wounds to his arms and back, forcing the Toronto native to be medevaced back stateside. The engagement killed Nicholson’s communications officer, Lt. Col. Kevin Shea, and Col. Mike Schupp took command of Team 1. After recovering at the Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Maryland, Nicholson returned to Iraq December 24, and served as the operations officer for 1st MarDiv Commander Maj. Gen. Richard Natonski.

      In mid-October, RCT-1 began conducting probing attacks around southeastern Fallujah. Although they were classified as probes, the maneuvers involved maximum use of heavy firepower. Lt. Col. Willie Buhl’s 3/1 roamed the edges of Fallujah’s industrial zone in the southeast. Their movement prompted insurgents to reveal themselves by firing on Marine positions. Even a distant muzzle flash by one insurgent could bring return fire from a lone sniper, or a company of infantrymen.

      The ‘snap’ and ‘pop’ of rifles was joined by the high-velocity fire of SAWs, and steady thump of M-240 machine guns. Short booms from .50 cals and MK-19s provided a base of both destructive sound and firepower. Wire-guided TOW missiles and shoulder-fired rockets were also

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