It appears to be going well thus far. 1st Infantry Division is systematically sweeping the town along with about 1,000 Iraqi guardsmen. The score so far appears to 109:1, our favor, our serve.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the fight:
The offensive is centered around the al-Askari mosque, a Shiite mosque in a largely Sunni town. The shrine, also known as the Golden Mosque, is very important to Shiites across the globe and it is regularly visited by pilgrims.
Iraqi forces found arms inside the mosque and on the rooftop.
And in Baghdad:
On Thursday explosions in Baghdad claimed at least 41 lives, about 35 of them children.In addition to the deaths, many more children were wounded when car bombs exploded at a community celebration where U.S. soldiers were handing out candy.
WTG, guys.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/01/iraq.main/index.html
