Falluja Battle Erupts, Clashes in Baghdad
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A battle erupted near a mosque in northwest Falluja on Friday just hours after US Marines said insurgents were now trapped in the south of the city.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes launched air  strikes in the Iraqi city of Falluja on Wednesday amid fierce  fighting between U.S.-led forces and rebels.
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Heavy fighting erupted on Sunday in a  street in central Baghdad notorious as a guerrilla stronghold,  and witnesses said at least five Iraqis were killed as U.S.  helicopters attacked targets in the area.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. troops fought to crush  resistance in the Iraqi city of Falluja on Thursday, but rebels  hit back with an armed rampage in Mosul and a car bomb that  killed 17 people in a crowded Baghdad street.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. forces punched to the heart  of Falluja on Tuesday after fierce fighting with guerrillas in  Iraq's most rebellious city, a U.S. military source said.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces clashed with militants loyal to rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Iraq's capital on Saturday, officials and witnesses said.
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US forces battled rebels in Falluja on Sunday after air raids aimed at foreign militants led by America&#39;s top enemy in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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BAGHDAD - Insurgents stepped up attacks, blasting US patrols in Baghdad and killing a US soldier north of the capital. Other clashes also occurred north of Baghdad, where US and Iraqi forces fought a three
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US troops are fighting to crush resistance in the Iraqi city of Falluja but rebels have hit back with an armed rampage in Mosul and a car bomb
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi troops battled  through much of Falluja on Wednesday and said they had  scattered rebel forces.
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BAGHDAD - Strong explosions shook central Baghdad at dawn yesterday and heavy fighting erupted in a street notorious as a rebel stronghold.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes bombarded hard  core rebel areas of Falluja on Monday and troops hunted  insurgents house-to-house, while heavy clashes broke out in  other cities and insurgents attacked Iraq's oil network.
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Strong explosions shook central Baghdad  at dawn Sunday and heavy fighting erupted in a street notorious  as a rebel stronghold, in violence that killed at least 22  Iraqis, the U.S. army and witnesses said.
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Fierce fighting killed eight American soldiers and wounded at least seven more yesterday as reports indicated that the long-awaited US assault on the insurgent-held city of Falluja had begun.
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BAGHDAD US forces struck by air Tuesday at what they called a hideout for associates of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Falluja, and troops battled insurgents on a main thoroughfare in Baghdad, the authorities said.
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Thousands of U.S. Marines and Iraqi  troops backed by tanks stormed into Falluja as night fell on  Monday, the start of a fierce ground assault to retake the  rebel stronghold.
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U.S. troops fought a gunbattle with insurgents along a busy street in Baghdad on Monday, while five U.S. troops were reported killed in separate clashes in a volatile western province as insurgents stepped up attacks ahead of next month's elections.