US loses 18 troops in battle for Fallujah
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Fallujah: Rebels fought for their lives in Fallujah as US troops closed in after losing 18 colleagues in three days of fighting which they said had left more than 500 militants dead.
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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.
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Behind a barrage of tank and artillery fire, US troops charged Saturday into southern Fallujah, overrunning the final insurgent stronghold in the city after nearly
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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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US forces have dispatched troopsfrom the battleground around Iraq&#39;s rebellion bastion of Fallujahto the northern city of Mosul, which has partially fallen intohands of insurgents, the US military said on Saturday.
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U.S. troops said they killed 18 insurgents in fierce clashes in the volatile western Iraqi city of Ramadi, while the military said it was checking reports that a helicopter had gone down north of Baghdad on Friday.
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Six US soldiers were reported killed in Iraq on Wednesday, while the country&#39;s interim prime minister threatened a major offensive against the city of Fallujah
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FALLUJAH, Iraq  - Iraq says the battle to retake the rebel bastion of Fallujah was over, with more than 1,000 insurgents killed, but US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the reports are premature, and US commanders say the six-day assault
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US warplanes on Wednesday struck targets in the resistance stronghold Iraqi city of Fallujah, while the occupied country suffered a fresh blow as international aid group CARE halted operations after the ...
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U.S. warplanes, tanks and artillery units attacked the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah on Saturday, killing at least eight people and wounding 15, hospital officials and witnesses said.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq : US troops and insurgents battled on the edge of the rebel-held Iraqi city of Fallujah after deadly night-time air raids and nine policemen were killed in an ambush south of the capital.
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Eight US marines have been killed in the bloodiest attack on American forces in Iraq in almost seven months as troops prepared for a major assault to capture the rebel towns of Ramadi and Falluja.
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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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American forces pushed deeper into the southern reaches of Fallujah, cornering militants backed into smaller pockets of the city. Hundreds of men trying to flee were turned back by US troops.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 18  - Insurgents killed a US Marine and an Iraqi soldier in Fallujah Thursday, raising the coalition toll in the fighting to retake the city to 51 US dead and eight Iraqis, the top US marine commander there said.
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Heavy fighting has erupted around Fallujah, with eight US marines killed and nine others injured yesterday in the bloodiest attack on US forces for seven months, while inside the
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US warplanes, tanks and artillery units struck the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah yesterday, killing at least eight people and wounding 15 in a day that saw new violence across the country.