Thick fog of war.

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Islam Online is reporting US troops are using chemical weapons and gas on Falluja:

"US troops are reportedly using chemical weapons and poisonous gas in its large-scale offensive on the Iraqi resistance bastion of Fallujah, a grim reminder of Saddam Hussein’s alleged gassing of the Kurds in 1988. “The US occupation troops are gassing resistance fighters and confronting them with internationally-banned chemical weapons,” resistance sources told Al-Quds Press Wednesday, November 10. The fatal weapons led to the deaths of tens of innocent civilians, whose bodies litter sidewalks and streets, they added. “They use chemical weapons out of despair and helplessness in the face of the steadfast and fierce resistance put up by Fallujah people, who drove US troops out of several districts, hoisting proudly Iraqi flags on them. Resistance has also managed to destroy and set fire to a large number of US tanks and vehicles. “The US troops have sprayed chemical and nerve gases on resistance fighters, turning them hysteric in a heartbreaking scene,” an Iraqi doctor, who requested anonymity, told Al-Quds Press."

DemocracyNow! comments on a Washington Post report that U.S. Reportedly Firing White Phosphorous Rounds:

The Washington Post reports that the U.S. has begun firing white phosphorous rounds that create a screen of fire that cannot be extinguished with water. Iraqi doctors are reporting that corpses are being brought into the hospital with their skin melted -- a reaction consistent with white phosphorous burns.

CNN is reporting "gunmen" have kidnapped members of Prime Minister (ci-)Allawi's family:

"At least two members of Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's family have been kidnapped at gunpoint from their home in Baghdad, amid conflicting reports from government officials and sources close to the family. A group called Ansar al-Jihad has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping on a Web site. The group demanded the release of all Iraqi prisoners and an end to the attacks on Falluja within 48 hours. It said the hostages would be beheaded if its demands were not met. Ansar al-Jihad has made several claims for attacks before, but this is its first claim for kidnapping. The Web site, previously used to post claims from the group, claimed there were three hostages. An Allawi adviser and a source close to the family also said three family members were abducted. But Allawi's office Wednesday said it was aware of the abduction of two family members -- Allawi's cousin, Ghazy Allawi, 75, and his cousin's daughter-in-law. "

Oh and where does the Iraqi Resistance Report come from...hmm? CIA?

Anyway, seems we will soon take the city:

" The fighters are simply moving from street to street, attacking US troops where they can and allowing them through where they can't " - Fadhil Badrani journalist in Falluja

As in all guerrilla wars, the real war begins when the major battle ends.