Marines' Raids Underline Push in Crucial Area
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Commanders say success in Iraq may depend on units like Strike Force Two, and the raids they launch almost nightly.
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Officials say they will need a further increase in combat forces to put down remaining areas of resistance.
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NEAR FALLUJA, Iraq  - A U.S. Marine tank company  and infantry unit moved early on Monday to a staging area near  Falluja ahead of a major offensive against the rebel-held city.
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While Ramadi, Iraq, is not exactly a "no go" zone for the marines, officers say it is fast slipping in that direction.
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The U.S. Marines are preparing for a "decisive" battle in the Sunni Triangle area west of Baghdad, where insurgents are extending control outward from Fallujah through violence and intimidation, senior commanders said Friday.
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US marines are preparing for a major assault to âwhack rebelsâ in the Iraqi cities of Fallujah and Ramadi, a senior commander said on Friday.
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A senior US commander says marines are making final preparations for an imminent offensive against Iraq&#39;s rebel bastion of Fallujah and are awaiting orders to strike.
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In April, 2,000 Marines fought for three weeks and failed to take Fallujah from its insurgent defenders. This time, war planners sent six times the
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Fierce fighting in Fallujah forces US marines to call in both tanks, fighter jets for back up. By Pierre Celerier - FALLUJAH, Iraq.
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US, British and Iraqi troops mounted raids yesterday in a swath of territory south of Baghdad in the fourth sizable assault since last month aimed at
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A US Marine of the 1st Division gestures during a patrol outside Fallujah, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004. American forces are preparing for a major assault on Fallujah in an effort to restore control to a swathe
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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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American forces went on the offensive against concentrations of militants in southern Fallujah who tried to break out of a security cordon, as guerrillas launched attacks in one of Iraq&#39;s major cities in what could be a bid to
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U.S. planes and artillery battered  Falluja on Monday and Marines moved toward forward positions on  the outskirts of the rebel-held city ready for the start of a  full-scale offensive.
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As marines aboard patrol boats roared up the Euphrates on a dawn raid on Sunday, images pressed in of another American war.
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Standing by a vehicle touted by the military as one of its most effective defenses against roadside bombs, Marine Staff Sgt. Tim Kessler couldn't help but sound pleased. Operating the so-called mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles in and around the western Iraqi city of Fallujah, two Marines in...
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NEAR FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. marines prepared on  Friday for a "decisive" assault on the Iraqi cities of Falluja  and Ramadi to crush Sunni Muslim insurgents and Arab militants  behind suicide bombings and beheadings of hostages.