Fallujah attacks expose new risks
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Marines face threats from fake surrenders even as they shift to rebuilding and handing out aid to civilians. By Scott Peterson | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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In the context of the clinical demolition of Fallujah where an apparently unarmed and wounded Iraqi was shot by a US Marine, there are deaths that pierce the soul in a way that even that death in a war zone cannot.
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US forces haved launched air and ground attacks against insurgents in Fallujah, about 40 miles west of Baghdad. The military says &quot;precision strikes&quot; are being used.
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Families of local soldiers and Marines serving in Iraq have a new worry as US and Iraqi troops launch a major strike in the city of Fallujah.
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A week after a top American general said the offensive in Fallujah had &quot;broken the back of the insurgency&quot; in Iraq, guerrillas are still fighting hard, and US troops are scrambling to stamp out new waves of attacks.
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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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U.S. Marine engineers began assessing damage in Fallujah on Monday, driving through tableaux of devastation as huge explosions shook the city and the belching whir of a U.S. warplane's machine guns sounded overhead while troops fought with holdout insurgents.
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United States warplanes have bombed more targets in the insurgent bastion of Fallujah early on Friday, in what the US military said were its latest strikes against America&#39;s top enemy in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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FALLUJAH: US warplanes launched fresh air strikes overnight around the rebel-held city of Fallujah, killing about 63 foreign fighters loyal to Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the US military said on Friday.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Six months after US Marines arrived with a promise to win over this rebel stronghold through intense outreach and focused military strikes, the city is &quot;a cancer&quot; that threatens to spread chaos around Iraq, Marine commanders said this week in a frank assessment.
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As U.S. troops push more deeply into Baghdad and its volatile outskirts, Iraqi insurgents are using increasingly sophisticated and lethal means of attack, including bigger roadside bombs that are resulting in greater numbers of American fatalities relative to the number of wounded.
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BAGHDAD - At least 60 people have died in attacks staged by Iraqi militants in other parts of the country as US and Iraqi troops carry out a major offensive in Fallujah.
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More than 60 were wounded in a rash of suicide bombings and attacks, as U.S. forces prepared for a possible assault on Fallujah.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Multiple sites in Fallujah came under major attack by US warplanes on Thursday. Jets intensified the offensive against the insurgent stronghold, hitting suspected militants&#39; sites.
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Our position is: The Fallujah operation marks the start of a campaign to take control of Iraqi cities from guerrillas. The US-led military offensive under way in Fallujah against Iraqi insurgents was long overdue.
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U.S. Marines launched air and ground attacks Thursday on the insurgent bastion Fallujah after city representatives suspended peace talks with the government over Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's demand to hand over terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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U.S. commanders in Iraq say the insurgents are on the run. The problem is that when the insurgents are chased from one place, such as Fallujah, they pop up elsewhere, to deadly effect.