US Navy Names Assault Ship after Operations That Killed Hundreds of Iraqi Civilians
News - Middle East: The United States Navy has named a next-generation helicopter assault ship the USS Fallujah, almost two decades after the western Iraqi city was the scene of bloody battles that killed hundreds of civilians.
Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said in a speech at Marine Barracks in Washington, DC that the new amphibious assault ship was named in such a way to pay tribute to the 2004 battles in Fallujah, located nearly 69 kilometers (43 miles) west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on the Euphrates, during the US-led invasion of Iraq.
Del Toro called it an honor to the US nation to memorialize Marines, soldiers and coalition forces that took part in the First and Second Battles of Fallujah and lost their lives in the process.
Source: Press TV
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