US pounds Fallujah while Allawi family members are kidnapped
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US troops vowed yesterday to seize total control of Fallujah within 48 hours, as kidnappers threatened to kill at least two members of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi&#39;s family unless the assault was stopped.
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American warplanes pounded Fallujah with missiles Sunday as insurgents fought running battles with coalition forces in the volatile western Iraqi city. The U.S. military said two troops died in separate incidents.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq - US aircraft pounded the insurgent enclave of Fallujah on Saturday, killing seven Iraqis in a raid the military said targeted a suspected hideout of a militant group.
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BAGHDAD, 9 November 2004 - US and Iraqi forces yesterday launched the long-awaited attack on the Sunni town of Fallujah after Iraqâs interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi gave them the green light.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq : US aircraft pounded the insurgent enclave of Fallujah, killing seven Iraqis in a raid the military said targeted a hideout of a militant group, as two British Muslim leaders arrived in Baghdad in a bid to save the life of a British hostage
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US warplanes and tanks pummeled Fallujah yesterday as intense battles raged on the outskirts of the insurgent-held city. The escalation of fighting
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FALLUJAH: US forces cornered insurgents Wednesday in a small pockets of Fallujah after a stunningly swift advance that seized control of 70 percent of the militant stronghold and claimed to get hold of the entire city within two says.
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US warplanes, tanks and artillery units struck the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah on Saturday, killing at least eight people and wounding
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BAGHDAD - US warplanes and tanks pummeled Fallujah on Sunday as intense battles raged on the outskirts of the insurgent-held city.
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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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FALLUJAH, Iraq  - US planes targeted a suspected militant hideout in Iraq&#39;s rebel city of Fallujah where medics said a wedding party was hit and 12 people were killed, amid unconfirmed reports that British hostage Kenneth Bigley had been killed.
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US and Iraqi forces moved into parts of rebel-held Fallujah, west of Baghdad, seizing the city&#39;s general hospital after a day of aerial bombardment, the US military said.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq &#151; U.S. troops pounded insurgents in Mosul, Iraq's third largest city, after guerrillas attacked police stations and bridges in an apparent attempt to relieve pressure on Fallujah, where American forces continued their assault on the rebel stronghold.
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US warplanes struck several buildings in the rebel-held city of Fallujah, in an overnight raid, killing two people. The US military claim it has captured Al Zarqawiâs top aide in Iraq in a raid early on Saturday.
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Gunmen abducted three members of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawiâs family from their Baghdad home and threatened they would be beheaded in two days if the siege of Fallujah was not lifted.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Sept. 9, 2004 - US jets pounded the rebel stronghold of Fallujah on Thursday, and American and Iraqi forces entered the central city of Samarra for the first time in months to try to reseat the city council and regain control.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. Marines backed by air  strikes battled through a rebel stronghold in Falluja on  Wednesday, as officials said kidnappers had seized three  relatives of Iraq's interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.