Commanders Pleased with Fallujah Progress
12953
Iraqi and US military commanders in Fallujah, Iraq, said today they are pleased with operations in the city, but more remains to be done.
74052
RAMADI, Iraq - As US Marines and soldiers have blasted their way through Fallujah, another insurgent outpost has grown stronger 30 miles down the road in Ramadi.
494812
US commanders in Iraq say they have almost complete control of the city of Fallujah, after several days of fighting in which 38 US troops, six Iraqi soldiers and an estimated 1,200 insurgents have been killed.
238896
The U.S. military's ground and air assault of Fallujah has gone quicker than expected, with the entire city occupied after six days of fighting, the Marine commander who planned the offensive said Sunday.
596964
BAGHDAD -- US troops sweeping through Fallujah yesterday found what appeared to be a command center used by followers of Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and a US general expressed confidence the battle for the city has &quot;broken the back of the insurgency.&quot;
669274
U.S. and Iraqi security forces scoured Fallujah for remaining insurgent fighters and pounded the city's southernmost neighborhoods  with heavy artillery and bombs late Sunday night, as military commanders declared victory seven days after launching their largest  operation since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003.
12952
US and Iraqi forces secured more than three quarters of Mosul&#39;s police stations as calm prevailed following last week&#39;s flare up in violence that saw insurgents raid police buildings in the city, the US military said.
627027
Because of superior US firepower, training and command-and-control capabilities, a victory by American forces in Fallujah should surprise no one.
166156
Washington: US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has said that US and Iraqi military forces fighting together in Fallujah are &quot;well along&quot; in their task of freeing the Iraqi city from insurgent forces &quot;and they will finish it successfully.
96663
SAMARRA, Iraq -- Bloodied by weeks of suicide bombings and assassinations, Iraqi security forces emerged yesterday to patrol Samarra after a morale-boosting victory in this Sunni Triangle city, and US commanders praised their performance.
359508
WASHINGTON US military commanders say the weeklong assault that has wrested most of Falluja back from insurgent control achieved nearly all their objectives well ahead of schedule and with fewer pitfalls than anticipated.
402287
Hundreds of residents who returned to the war-ravaged city Thursday found that the battle of Fallujah was not over. More than six weeks after US forces launched their offensive
532446
FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Six months after US Marines arrived with a promise to win over this rebel stronghold through intense outreach and focused military strikes, the city is &quot;a cancer&quot; that threatens to spread chaos around Iraq, Marine commanders said this week in a frank assessment.
139902
U.S. and Iraqi commanders on Saturday hailed a big improvement in security over the past year, while al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden accused the Americans of seeking to exploit Iraq's oil wealth.
729296
WASHINGTON - The top Marine officer in Iraq says the victory in Fallujah has broken the back of the insurgents. And American troops have apparently also found the headquarters of Iraq&#39;s leading terrorist.
199109
FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. troops have secured control  over the whole of rebellious Falluja, a Marine officer said on  Monday, with more than 1,000 insurgents taken prisoner.
262284
CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq After the deadliest day for US forces in Iraq in more than a month -- commanders are making it clear that the work in Fallujah (fuh-LOO&#39;-juh) isn&#39;t yet coming to an end.