A confirmed insurgent stronghold goes up in smoke after a strategic aerial strike during combat operations while US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, 1st Battalion (BN), 8th Marine Regiment (1/8), search for insurgents and weapon caches during a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) conducted as part of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Fallujah" class="extiw" title="w:Second Battle of Fallujah">Operation AL FAJR</a>, which is an offensive operation to eradicate enemy insurgents in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallujah" class="extiw" title="w:Fallujah">Fallujah</a>, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War" class="extiw" title="w:Iraq War">Operation IRAQI FREEDOM</a>. (Released to Public)
CPL Joel A. Chaverri, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a>
2004-11-10
Chaverri, LCPL Joel A.. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://defenseimagery.mil/imagery.html#a=search&amp;s=fallujah&amp;chk=6effc&amp;dsa=11%2F09%2F2004&amp;dsb=11%2F10%2F2004&amp;n=90&amp;t=0&amp;guid=3c816a0ab5efb159582aa39e8dbc65b65446f1a4">041110-M-BR739-011</a>. DefenseImagery.mil. Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2012-03-20">20 March 2012</span>.