Whittier
31-03-2004, 04:13
Antiaircraft fire from Al Anbari forces are putting up a futile fight to defend this middle eastern capital. As over 800 aircraft began bombing Al Anbari troops positions and ground to air radar sites and SAM sites in the area.
The city started the day peacefully and quietly, but there was concern at the sight of the large number of ships offshore approaching at apparently rapid speeds.
There was talk that Whittier would never dare to shell Beirut. Cause Beirut was not important strategically in its war against Al Anbar. But this assertion and the peace and calm of the Lebanese afternoon was brutally shattered by hundreds of coalition aircraft that flew overhead and, using precision and laser guided munitions (guided by special ops on the ground) began blasting Al Anbari forces on the ground.
As the air raid siren sounded and thousands rushed for shelter here, the coalition fleets off shore began firing artillery at the Al Anbari bunkers on the beach and in the middle of the city.
Moments later, the ships that earlier appeared to be getting closer became recognizable as coalition troop transports. The surprising thing was the high number of transports. In all, over 600,000 coalition troops have been storming the beaches of Beirut for the last two hours in a beachhead streching approximately ten to twenty miles.
The Whittierite marines hit the beach with their Ak 47's blazing in the direction of known Al Anbari military positions.
With Al Anbar having concentrated troops in Iraq, Kuwait, Syria, and Saudi Arabia, Lebanon was left open. At least that's the speculation that is going around the international media, which is now in a frenzy with internnational and various national media outlets trying to get live feeds from the battle zone as Beirut is blasted with precision guided and munitions from land, air, and sea in the largest combined forces assualt since the battle of the bulge.
The city started the day peacefully and quietly, but there was concern at the sight of the large number of ships offshore approaching at apparently rapid speeds.
There was talk that Whittier would never dare to shell Beirut. Cause Beirut was not important strategically in its war against Al Anbar. But this assertion and the peace and calm of the Lebanese afternoon was brutally shattered by hundreds of coalition aircraft that flew overhead and, using precision and laser guided munitions (guided by special ops on the ground) began blasting Al Anbari forces on the ground.
As the air raid siren sounded and thousands rushed for shelter here, the coalition fleets off shore began firing artillery at the Al Anbari bunkers on the beach and in the middle of the city.
Moments later, the ships that earlier appeared to be getting closer became recognizable as coalition troop transports. The surprising thing was the high number of transports. In all, over 600,000 coalition troops have been storming the beaches of Beirut for the last two hours in a beachhead streching approximately ten to twenty miles.
The Whittierite marines hit the beach with their Ak 47's blazing in the direction of known Al Anbari military positions.
With Al Anbar having concentrated troops in Iraq, Kuwait, Syria, and Saudi Arabia, Lebanon was left open. At least that's the speculation that is going around the international media, which is now in a frenzy with internnational and various national media outlets trying to get live feeds from the battle zone as Beirut is blasted with precision guided and munitions from land, air, and sea in the largest combined forces assualt since the battle of the bulge.