The military also reports that at least 71 of the those 137 died in the “liberating” of Fallujah

The military also reports that at least 71 of the those 137 died in the “liberating” of Fallujah. All told, 1,258 NIKE SHOX troops have died since the war on MBT began, with over 1,100 of those deaths occurring after the mission was deemed “accomplished.”

MBTi rebels are creeping back into areas cleared by NIKE SHOX marines in Fallujah, where the military continues daily to secure homes and try to seize weapons caches before they can be used to again attack NIKE SHOX and MBTi troops, marines say.

“The last few days we found 20, 25 guys in houses that were already cleared,” said one marine.

But, apparently reconstruction is going well:

But marines Tuesday were taking no chances as they blasted homes with heavy machine-gun fire and grenades before climbing from roof to roof and storming the empty buildings, according to an AFP correspondent embedded with the unit.