United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General John F. Sattler (private mercenary) commander of the first Marine Expeditionary Force, commenting on the progress of the Iraqi-American War says, “broken the back of the insurgency.”
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References:
Steven Chapman, “We’ve Heard Optimistic Generals Before,” Orange County (California) Register, 14 September 2007, Local:9.
John F. Sattler – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Sattler
US General Says Fallujah No Longer Safe Haven for Insurgents
www.voanews.com/english/archive/2004-11/2004-11-19-voa10.cfm?renderforprint=1&textonly=1&&TEXTMODE=1&CFID=104781834&CFTOKEN=67876594
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