Fallujah Ground Assault Starts as Hospital Taken, Military Says
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US and Iraqi forces moved into parts of rebel-held Fallujah, west of Baghdad, seizing the city&#39;s general hospital after a day of aerial bombardment, the US military said.
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Insurgents tried to break through the US cordon surrounding Fallujah on Thursday as American forces launched an offensive against concentrations of militants in the south of the city.
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BAGHDAD - US soldiers are continuing to take ground in the Iraqi rebel centre of Fallujah but some soldiers have been diverted to Mosul to contain an uprising in the northern city.
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The skies over Fallujah lit up from the flashes of air and artillery barrages as US troops launched an offensive to seize key insurgent strongholds in a city that became the major sanctuary for Islamic extremists who fought Marines to a standstill last
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NEAR FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. Marines launched a  full-scale ground assault on Monday night to retake Iraq's  rebel-held city of Falluja, a Reuters witness said.
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US Army and Marine units thrust into the heart of the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah on Tuesday, fighting fierce street battles and conducting house-to-house searches on
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US forces entered the Sunni stronghold of Fallujah Monday, launching a long-anticipated urban offensive that is widely seen as the most significant and controversial battle since the US invasion of Iraq 19 months ago.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Angry crowds gathered around a hospital Thursday in the Iraqi city of Fallujah and chanted anti-US slogans after an airstrike on an alleged militant safe house.
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A steady stream of wounded Americans from the Fallujah offensive in Iraq has been arriving at the US military&#39;s main hospital in Europe, prompting staff to expand bed capacity, officials said yesterday.
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The skies over Fallujah lit up from the flashes of air and artillery barrages as US troops launched an offensive to seize key insurgent
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As Iraq's interim prime minister formally authorized an attack on the rebel-held city of Fallujah, U.S.-led forces clashed with insurgents just outside the city limits Monday after seizing a hospital and two bridges overnight.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq : Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi authorised US and Iraqi forces to launch an assault to regain control of the rebel-held city of Fallujah as troops seized key positions in bitter fighting on its outskirts.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - US officials said yesterday that intensified US strikes on Fallujah, which continued last night, are aimed at preparing the way for a military offensive to return the insurgent-held city to control of Iraq&#39;s interim government.
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US warplanes attacked Iraqi rebel-held city of Fallujah on early Friday, killing at least eight people, hospital sources said, as coalition forces pressed their assault on insurgents after rockets hit a Baghdad hotel used by foreign journalists and
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American forces are gearing up for a major operation in the insurgent bastion of Fallujah, where up to 5,000 Islamic militants, Saddam Hussein loyalists and common criminals
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FALLUJAH, Iraq - US Marine engineers began assessing damage in Fallujah on Monday, driving through tableaux of devastation as huge explosions shook the city and the belching whir of a US warplaneâs machine guns sounded overhead while troops fought with
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The assault on Fallujah by US and Iraqi forces entered its fifth day on Saturday, with US officials saying they are close to gaining complete control of the city.