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?

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Maybe if they are trying to suppress one individual, but it is very appropriate if they are trying to take out an armored column.