Rebels hit back as Falluja battle rages
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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. warplanes, artillery and  mortars struck areas across Falluja Monday as groups of diehard  insurgents held out to the last in the week-long battle.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. troops met dwindling  resistance in the battered Iraqi city of Falluja 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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US Army and Marine units thrust into the core of Falluja today, fighting fierce street battles and conducting house-to-house searches on the second day of a major assault to retake the Iraqi city from Islamic militants.
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US marines today consolidated their hold on Falluja as insurgents struck back against US-led forces across Iraq. Rebels kidnapped 31 Iraqi policemen and launched bomb and rocket attacks on British and Iraqi forces.
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US warplanes, artillery and mortars attacked areas of Falluja on Monday as diehard insurgents held out to the last in the week-long battle and heavy clashes broke out in the Iraqi cities of Mosul and Baquba.
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A rebel counteroffensive swept through central and northern Iraq on Monday as American troops struggled to flush the remaining insurgents from the rubble-strewn streets of Falluja.
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storm the Hanifa mosque. Witnesses said worshippers threw shoes at the troops -- a grave insult in Islam -- and soldiers. forces despite a bloody rout of insurgents in the Sunni Muslim bastion of Falluja.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - American mortars pummelled parts  of Falluja on Wednesday as troops hunted for guerrillas still  fighting in the Iraqi city after nine days of bombardment.
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US and Iraqi forces continued fighting with guerrillas in Fallujah on Thursday as deadly insurgent attacks took their toll in other areas of the country.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - There was anger, frustration and  resentment among Iraqis who returned to Falluja on Friday as  many discovered their homes in rubble and their livelihoods  ruined following a U.S. offensive.
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Rebels mounted fierce counterattacks against rapid advances by American troops into the southern part of Falluja.
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US warplanes bombarded hard core rebel areas of Falluja on Monday and troops hunted insurgents house-to-house, while heavy clashes broke out in other
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warplanes launched airstrikes on Falluja on Tuesday and Iraqis in the city fought American troops in fierce battles that killed at least four people, witnesses and a hospital official said.
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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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US warplanes launched sustained and fierce attacks on the rebel-held Iraqi town of Falluja on Thursday, witnesses said. They said explosions could be heard in the attacks, a day after
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US tanks and Marines stormed into Falluja on Monday night in a fierce ground assault to retake the Iraqi city from rebels. Several tanks thrust into the city and guerrillas