Fallujah Delegates Await &quot;The Call&quot; to Resume Talks
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Fallujah negotiators are awaiting âthe callâ from Baghdad to resume talks with the interim government to avert an all-out US assault and allow Iraqi security forces to take charge of security in the rebel-held city, a negotiator said today.
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American warplanes struck a building in rebel-held Fallujah where the US command said leaders of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi&#39;s terror network were meeting early today.
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Thousands of US and Iraqi troops have begun a long-awaited ground offensive to retake the Iraqi city of Fallujah from terrorists and insurgents.
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The recapture of Fallujah has not broken the insurgents' will to fight and may not pay the big dividend U.S. planners had hoped &#151; to improve security enough to hold national elections in Sunni Muslim areas of central Iraq, according to U.S. and Iraqi assessments.
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US forces are closing in on the Iraqi city of Fallujah, launching new air strikes on the rebel stronghold, while Iraq&#39;s prime minister warns that a long-threatened battle to regain control of the city could be imminent.
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Instead of sending Marines into Fallujah, where anti-American forces have been expanding their presence, U.S. commanders said they want to wait until Iraq's new army is trained enough to assume a leading role in retaking the city.
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Tens of thousands of civilians are confined to their houses in Fallujah and may be in need of humanitarian aid as US and Iraqi forces battle insurgents for control of the city, according to Iraq&#39;s Islamic Party.
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A six-day battle to regain control of Fallujah is nearing its end and US Marines say they expect to capture the last insurgent base in the south of the city, within 72 hours.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq - With the battle for Fallujah nearing an end, there are signs of an impending humanitarian crisis among the unknown number of civilians trapped in the city.
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Nearly all of  Fallujah's 250,000 residents emptied the city  in advance of the military operation. The city partially reopened to residents on Dec. 23, and U.S. military officials now estimate that 60,000 people have come back, but not everyone who has returned has opted to stay.
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TONY EASTLEY: Residents of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, are bracing themselves for a big military assault, after Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister warned that time for negotiations was running out.
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So, the long-postponed offensive in Fallujah is finally under way, though it&#39;s unclear to what end. Hundreds, probably thousands, of insurgents will be killed.
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As fighting winds down, US troops face an even more difficult mission in Fallujah winning the people&#39;s allegiance. Planners want to
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Humanitarian efforts are poised to begin in Falluja as US and Iraqi forces battle what some officials say are the last remnants of the insurgency in the western Iraqi city.
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Audiotape of Iraq&#39;s most wanted man tells supporters to brace for more battles against US forces after Fallujah assault. DUBAI - An audiotape on an Islamist website Monday purportedly from Iraq&#39;s most wanted
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Hundreds of residents began returning to the war-ravaged city of Fallujah yesterday, but renewed fighting in the area killed three Marines
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MARINE officers claimed yesterday that US and Iraqi troops sweeping Fallujah had uncovered enough weapons to arm a nationwide rebellion, and said clearing the former insurgent bastion of weapons was delaying the return of civilians.