US Begins Fallujah Assault
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US forces stormed key areas of Fallujah early today, in what appeared to be the first stage of the long-expected assault on the rebel stronghold.
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US tanks have rolled into central Fallujah and are meeting fierce resistance from insurgents who show no sign of surrender. Ten US Marines have been killed so far in the battle for the rebel stronghold north of Baghdad.
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ELEANOR HALL: To Iraq now and US-led forces are poised on the outskirts of the rebel stronghold city of Fallujah, awaiting the go ahead to launch a major assault on the city, as reports emerge that American and Iraqi government forces have already seized
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US warplanes destroyed several buildings in the Iraqi rebel-held city of Fallujah, saying that they were weaponsâ stores, as thousands of US and Iraqi troops are getting ready to launch their eminent assault on the city.
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United States warplanes pounded Fallujah on Monday as ground forces battled guerrillas on the outskirts of the rebel-held city that American and Iraqi forces were poised to storm.
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Backed by a barrage from warplanes and artillery, US troops fought their way into the western outskirts of Fallujah on Monday, seizing a hospital and two bridges over the Euphrates River in the first stage of a major assault on the insurgent stronghold.
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US forces have resumed heavy air strikes in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, as they attempt to mop up the remaining resistance in the city.
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US forces launched airstrikes against suspected militant bases in Fallujah and carried out probing attacks on the city&#39;s outskirts
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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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American casualties in Iraq are mounting as the US-led offensive in Fallujah unfolds. Monday&#39;s death toll of 11 was among the highest for
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More than 10,000 US soldiers and marines have taken positions around Fallujah for an expected assault, as US jets pummelled insurgent targets Friday and troops blocked key roads.
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Backed by tanks and artillery fire, US troops launched a major attack Saturday against insurgent holdouts in southern Fallujah, hoping to finish off resistance in what had been the major guerrilla bastion of central Iraq.
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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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NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq A US general says American forces are gearing up for a major operation against the insurgent stronghold in Fallujah.
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US forces are reportedly coming under sustained fire in Fallujah as two American military helicopters were forced to land near the city while their crews were rescued.
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US warplanes attacked Iraqi rebel-held city of Fallujah on early Friday, killing at least eight people, hospital sources said, as coalition forces pressed their assault on insurgents after rockets hit a Baghdad hotel used by foreign journalists and
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US troops backed by thunderous air and artillery barrages launched a ground offensive Monday to seize key rebel strongholds inside Fallujah, the city that became Iraq&#39;s major sanctuary for Islamic extremists who fought marines