US says controls most of Fallujah, insurgents trapped
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FALLUJA: US-led forces have gained control of most of Falluja and insurgents are trapped in the southern part of the Iraqi city, Marine officers said yesterday.
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United States troops have secured control over the whole of rebellious Fallujah with more than 1,000 insurgents taken prisoner. Colonel Michael Regner, operations officer for the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force
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American forces pushed deeper into the last remaining insurgent stronghold in Fallujah today, and the Iraqi government rushed massive reinforcements to Mosul in the north, where police lost control in the face of insurgent attacks.
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Defeating the insurgents in Fallujah is critical in the battle for a free Iraq because &#39;&#39;one part of the country cannot remain under the rule
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WASHINGTON - The steady advance of US-led troops into the rebel stronghold of Fallujah does not mean smooth sailing ahead either in that city or, more broadly, in Iraq as a whole as the American-led coalition seeks to rout the insurgents.
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As Iraqi officials declared Fallujah liberated, U.S. forces continued intense combat operations aimed at securing the last section of the city.
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BAGHDAD - US forces in Iraq say they hope to be in control of all of the Fallujah by Saturday, in spite of fierce fighting in which as many as 600 insurgents, 18 US troops and five Iraqi soldiers have been killed.
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US forces in Iraq tightened their cordon around the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah as the Red Cross and Iraqi government dispatched aid packages for the city.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces have trapped  insurgents in southern Falluja, Marines said on Friday, the  fourth day of an assault that has killed "hundreds" of rebels.  Eighteen American and five Iraqi troops have also died.
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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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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- A US commander said American troops and Iraqi allies have paralyzed insurgents and cut off escape routes from Fallujah.
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US commanders said they had established at least loose control over almost all of Fallujah on Saturday and estimated that 1,600 insurgents have been
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Fallujah, Iraq -- US Marines said American forces had taken control today of 70 percent of Fallujah in the third day of a major offensive to retake the insurgent stronghold.
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US forces seized strategic sites on the western outskirts of Fallujah early today, heralding the long-anticipated assault on the main stronghold of Iraqi insurgents.
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Fallujah: US troops tightened their grip on Fallujah but clashed with rebels in Iraq&#39;s main northern city of Mosul, where gunmen roamed the streets, and in the capital where one US soldier was killed.
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Insurgents tried to break through the US cordon surrounding Fallujah today as American forces launched an offensive against militants in the south of the city.
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American forces pushed deeper into the southern reaches of Fallujah, cornering militants backed into smaller pockets of the city. Hundreds of men trying to flee were turned back by US troops.