Stunningly Swift Advance

Prayers for our fighting men and women in Fallujah.

If the AP is reporting a "stunningly swift advance," you know the battle must be going well.

U.S. Forces Hold 70 Percent of Fallujah

By JIM KRANE, Associated Press Writer

NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq - American forces battled through boobytrapped lanes and alleys Wednesday in a stunningly swift advance, taking control of 70 percent of Fallujah and bottling up enemy fighters along a strip of territory flanking the main east-west highway that bisects the rebel bastion. . . .