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"There was only occasional gunfire."
Beg to differ, wwh.
Your variation does not describe the relative quiet in Fallujah as accurately as "gunfire was largely silenced".
What is being described is not a random lull in the fighting, but a silence imposed by the threat of imminent reprisals or by actual reprisals.
Sad to say, but no-one thinks this quiet will be "silenced" for long.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted silenced wwh 04/12/04 12:50 PM Re: silenced Buffalo Shrdlu 04/12/04 12:59 PM Re: silenced hibernicus 04/12/04 01:27 PM Re: silenced wwh 04/12/04 01:49 PM Re: silenced wow 04/12/04 02:51 PM Re: silenced Faldage 04/12/04 03:21 PM Re: silenced Alex Williams 04/12/04 04:14 PM Re: silenced wwh 04/12/04 05:02 PM Re: silenced Faldage 04/12/04 05:16 PM Re: silenced Alex Williams 04/12/04 05:49 PM Re: silenced wwh 04/12/04 06:32 PM Re: silenced Faldage 04/12/04 11:30 PM Re: silenced wwh 04/12/04 11:39 PM Re: silenced Alex Williams 04/13/04 10:12 AM Re: silenced wwh 04/13/04 01:40 PM chuffed Alex Williams 04/13/04 01:48 PM Re: chuffed wwh 04/13/04 01:58 PM Re: chuffed AnnaStrophic 04/13/04 02:04 PM Re: chuffed wwh 04/13/04 02:12 PM The sound of silence RhubarbCommando 04/26/04 01:03 PM Re: silenced birdfeed 04/13/04 03:11 PM Re: silenced maahey 04/12/04 04:09 PM Re: silenced Faldage 04/12/04 04:13 PM But it isn't the headline! AnnaStrophic 04/13/04 01:57 PM Re: silenced wsieber 04/13/04 01:27 PM not quite quiet tang 04/25/04 11:33 PM
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