Fallujah battle: US muscle and fire-breathing Iraqi PM in front
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NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq - Prime Minister Iyad Allawi struts into a camp of Iraqi soldiers outside Fallujah to rouse the men as he orders the battle to retake the rebel city while US commanders stand on the side.
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QUESTION: Mr. President, American forces are gearing up for what appears to be a major offensive in Fallujah over the next several days. I'm wondering if you could tell us what the objective is, what the stakes are there for the United States, for the Iraqi people, and the Iraqi elections coming up in January?
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US jets pounded parts of Fallujah today, targeting insurgents in a city where American forces were said to be gearing up for a major offensive.
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With US Marines poised to attack Iraqi insurgents in Fallujah, American warplanes pounded targets in the rebel-held city west of Baghdad today, and Iraqi security forces came under attack
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Why Fallujah won't be the last bloody battle in the race to pacify Iraq in time for its elections
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BAGHDAD -- Six US soldiers were reported killed in Iraq yesterday, while the country's interim prime minister threatened a major offensive against the city of Fallujah unless its residents hand over Abu Musab Zarqawi, a Jordanian guerrilla leader thought to be hiding there.
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In a pep talk to US troops ahead their invasion of Fallujah on Sunday, the senior enlisted Marine in Iraq, Sgt. Major Carlton Kent drew inspiration from great Marine triumphs of the past.
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Fierce fire fights have erupted in the south of Fallujah as trapped enemy fighters make a last stand against US and Iraqi forces. In areas of Fallujah now under US and Iraqi Army control, US forces are taking
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US marines launched air and ground attacks Thursday on the insurgent bastion Fallujah after city representatives suspended peace talks with the government over Prime Minister Ayad Allawi&#39;s demand to hand over terror mastermind Abu Musab al
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Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister has appealed to insurgents in the flashpoint city of Fallujah to lay down their weapons, as US and Iraqi troops move closer to the city&#39;s center with a goal of crushing them.
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Backed by tanks and artillery fire, US troops launched a major attack Saturday against insurgent holdouts in southern Fallujah, hoping to finish off resistance in what had been the major guerrilla bastion of central Iraq.
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BAGHDAD, Oct 13  - Prime Minister Iyad Allawi threatened Wednesday a military assault on Fallujah if the rebel bastion does not surrender Iraq&#39;s most wanted man Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, while the war-ravaged nation pleaded for aid at an international
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BAGHDAD -- US forces pounded parts of Fallujah from the air and ground yesterday, hitting insurgents in a city where Americans are said to be gearing up for a major offensive.
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Full control of the Iraqi city of Fallujah may be just hours away according to a senior Iraqi government official. However, the insurgency in the country is continuing, with US and Iraqi forces battling armed militants in several parts of the country.
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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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The Iraqi prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, showed an unexpected streak of stubbornness yesterday in his stand-off with the US over the Blackwater shootings, insisting that action had to be taken against the private security firm.
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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