“Spell it any way you want” seems to be the rule, but however you spell it, things are happening there. Michael Yon has another dispatch, subtly titled “Surrender or Die”. As that suggests, the plan is very much to trap and kill as many al-Qaeda as possible, though there are reports that some “leaders” have succeeded in fleeing. Obviously, it won’t begin to be clear what the end result is until there is an end result. From CBS:

Soldiers spread maps across rubble and pulled up charred concrete blocks as stools inside the crumbling building. Controlled explosions of roadside bombs boomed in the distance. Soldiers laden down by body armor mopped sweat from their faces.

“It’s 24/7 for us here, and it’s probably the same for our adversary as well,” Bednarek said. “It’s house-to-house, block to block, street to street, sewer to sewer — and it’s also cars, vans — we’re searching every one of them.”

The al Qaeda leaders abandoned a field hospital, complete with oxygen tanks, heart defibrillators and other sophisticated medical equipment, said Col. Steve Townsend, commander of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division. They also left behind at least seven homes booby-trapped with trip wires, said Townsend, 47, from Griffin, Ga.

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