"THE SAME ZIP CODE"**

US Army Assault vs Insurgent Defend*
NW Fallujah, Iraq*
November 8, 2004*
Turns: 15**
Size: Large*
Estimated Play TIme 3+ hours**

Design: Wild Bill Wilder*
bwilder@bellsouth.net**

Testers: Andrew Weeble Weaver, Tom DeShetler, Sgt Walrus, Massimo Rocca**

"If Fallujah isn't hell, it must be in the same zip code!"*
(Statement of a US Marine involved in the fierce fighting in Fallujah)**

Player Notes:** 

This battle should be fought from the US side only. It can be played as a two player game if the Insurgent side is set to 85 percent efficiency in the preferences menu prior to play.**

In this scenario your goal as the US is to move toward Highway 10 to the south. You must take the three victory hexes and keep your losses to a minimum to achieve a decisive victory. Be careful with those Abrams tanks. Losing them is costly.**

A number of buildings have been booby-trapped (mines, yes mines!). Use caution when entering buildings.**

Historical Background**

The large city of Fallujah is located some 35 miles to the west of Baghdad in Iraq. It as large as many of the bigger cities in the US, with a population of over 300,000 had proven to be a festering sore to the allied plans of a "free" Iraq.**

Unhappy with the situation there, it was decided to sweep through the city and neutralize the insurgent movements within it. Not only Iraqi dissidents, but Sudanese, Syrian, Chechnyan and other foriegn units, strongly opposed to the west and yearning for an opportunity to fight and die for Allah, had prepared themselves well for any allied foray into "their town."**

On November 8th The United States Marines and the US Army committed 8 full battalions along with every type of support imaginable to the attack, beginning in NW Fallujah. The plan was to sweep through the metropolis and take out the insurgent movement that thrived in the area. Rebel resistance was not as strong as expected, although some rebels fought very hard as they fell back.** 