According to the Associated Press, among the weaponry currently arrayed around Fallujah is an AC-130 gunship.
bq. The side-firing weapons array consists of one 25mm GAU-12 Gatling gun (firing 1,800 rounds per minute), one 40mm L60 Bofors cannon (with a selectable firing rate of single shot or 120 rounds per minute) and one 105mm M-102 Howitzer cannon (firing 6 to 10 rounds per minute).
Yeah, don’t you think that may be overkill?
Maybe if they are trying to suppress one individual, but it is very appropriate if they are trying to take out an armored column.