US-led forces hold central Fallujah as fighting eases
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By Michael Georgy and Fadel al-Badrani FALLUJA, Iraq, Reuters. Fighting eased in Fallujah on Tuesday after US forces reached its center and consolidated positions there, less than a day after starting an offensive to tame Iraq&#39;s most rebellious city.
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US commanders in Iraq say they have almost complete control of the city of Fallujah, after several days of fighting in which 38 US troops, six Iraqi soldiers and an estimated 1,200 insurgents have been killed.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq  - 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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FALLUJAH, Iraq - US and Iraqi troops are fighting at this hour to re-take Fallujah. They have accomplished their first objective - taking the city&#39;s main hospital, which has been held by insurgents.
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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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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 battled closer towards regaining control of Fallujah on Thursday, hunting down insurgents from their underground hideouts in the Iraqi rebel city as a deadly car bomb wreaked havoc in the Baghdad rush hour.
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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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US and Iraqi forces have pushed into the western edge of insurgent-held Fallujah and taken control of the city&#39;s main hospital and two key bridges over the Euphrates river.
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Fighting escalated in the Iraqi city of Fallujah as two US helicopters were downed and American and Iraqi troops battled house-to-house in the town center for control of the insurgent stronghold.
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US and Iraqi forces have launched a major ground offensive in the rebel-held districts of Fallujah. Backed by thunderous air and artillery barrages, US troops moved through a number of neighbourhoods early Tuesday morning.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq - American forces moved into position Friday for a decisive battle with bands of insurgents, pounding some of their last strongholds with airstrikes and repelling attempts by some fighters to shoot their way out through the desert
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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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US troops powered their way into the centre of the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah on Tuesday, overwhelming small bands of guerrillas with massive force, searching homes along the city&#39;s deserted, narrow passageways and using
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After five days of fighting, US and Iraqi forces are now said to be in control of nearly all of Fallujah, capturing or killing hundreds of insurgents who have used the city as a stronghold for months.
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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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US-led forces say they will probably need up to five more days to finish clearing Fallujah of rebels after a week of fierce fighting that left more than 1,200 insurgents dead.