Tuesday, November 9, 2004
Rumsfeld: Fallujah win critical
WASHINGTON - Defeating the insurgents in Fallujah is critical in the battle for a free Iraq because "one part of the country cannot remain under the rule of assassins," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday.
"These are killers. They chop people's heads off," he told a Pentagon news conference hours after American and U.S.-trained Iraqi troops launched an assault on Fallujah.
Rumsfeld and Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said victory in Fallujah would not end the insurgency or eliminate the need for more fierce combat in coming weeks.
"These folks are determined," Rumsfeld said, referring to the estimated several thousand Saddam Hussein loyalists and Islamic extremists who are thought to be mainstays of the insurgency. He said they were still getting money and recruits from outside Iraq.
Enquirer news services
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