Phantom Fury?
I saw the following two headlines at the top of the news section of Apple's site:
U.S unleashes 'Operation Phantom Fury' on Falluja.
Sneak Peek: The Next 'Star Wars' Movie
Who knows how they come up with these ridiculous titles for our operations in the GWOT, but this one may perhaps be a literary reference to a poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935):
Villanelle of Change
Since Persia fell at Marathon,
The yellow years have gathered fast:
Long centuries have come and gone.
And yet (they say) the place will don
A phantom fury of the past,
Since Persia fell at Marathon;
And as of old, when Helicon
Trembled and swayed with rapture vast
(Long centuries have come and gone),
This ancient plain, when night comes on,
Shakes to a ghostly battle-blast,
Since Persia fell at Marathon.
But into soundless Acheron
The glory of Greek shame was cast:
Long centuries have come and gone,
The suns of Hellas have all shone,
The first has fallen to the last: --
Since Persia fell at Marathon,
Long centuries have come and gone.
Either that, or it refers to a finishing move in pro wrestling.
Postscript: The name of the operation probably refers to the Phantoms, a troop of the 1st Infantry Division that is playing a lead role in the action. [Via Cursor]
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