Falluja Fighting Persists; Aid Convoy Rejected
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes, artillery and  mortars struck areas across Falluja on Monday as groups of  diehard insurgents held out to the last in the week-long  battle.
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US warplanes, tanks and artillery units have bombed the Iraqi town of Falluja, killing at least eight people and wounding 15. The pounding of the city began overnight and continued into the early hours of Saturday, hospital officials told Aljazeera.
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US-led troops battling to take control of Falluja ran into clusters of fierce resistance today as aid agencies pressed for access to the Iraqi city to take food and water to civilians trapped inside.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. 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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U.S.-led troops battling to take  control of Falluja ran into pockets of fierce resistance on  Friday as aid agencies pressed for access to the Iraqi city to  take food and water to civilians trapped inside.
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Some 2,000 Iraqis who fled a U.S.-led offensive on Falluja more than a month ago will return to the Sunni Muslim city Thursday although sporadic fighting persists in some areas, Iraqi ministers said Wednesday.
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US-led forces say they expect several more days of fighting with the remaining Iraqi insurgents in Falluja.
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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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Guerrillas are staging a counteroffensive as U.S. troops struggled to flush the remaining insurgents from Falluja.
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U.S. artillery pummeled Falluja on Wednesday and troops hunted guerrillas still fighting days after Washington said its offensive had destroyed rebel control of the Sunni Muslim city west of Baghdad.
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U.S. soldiers battled insurgents northeast of Baghdad on Monday in clashes that killed more than 50 people. Some guerrillas were said to be "fighting to the death" inside Fallujah, where American forces struggled to clear pockets of resistance.
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US jets bombed Falluja Sunday and troops fought rebels accused of shielding foreign fighters led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, America&#39;s top foe in Iraq.
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Falluja sees more intense fighting as US forces step up their assault to defeat insurgents in the city.
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BAGHDAD -- US soldiers battled insurgents northeast of Baghdad yesterday in clashes that killed more than 50 people. Some guerrillas were said to be ''fighting to the death&quot; inside Fallujah, where American forces struggled to clear pockets of resistance.
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A rebel counteroffensive roiled central and northern Iraq today, as U.S. troops tried to flush the remaining insurgents from the debris-strewn cityscape of Falluja.
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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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FALLUJA, Iraq  - Fresh fighting broke out in the  Iraqi city of Falluja Monday after U.S. forces attacked  suspected rebel targets with air strikes, artillery and mortar  rounds, a Reuters correspondent in Falluja said.