Iraqi, US Fallujah Offensive Begins With Thousands of Troops ...
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Officials say at least 42 insurgents have been killed so far. Two US Marines were killed in a vehicle accident. The American and Iraqi forces are trying to take back the city -- from insurgents
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US and Iraqi forces are conducting a major offensive to root out insurgents in the central Iraqi city of Samarra. In the largest operation seen in the city in several months, an estimated
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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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Description: The US-led invasion of Fallujah has sparked a major upsurge in fighting elsewhere in Iraq. Insurgents seized control of major parts of the northern city of Mosul, prompting a counterattack by the US NPR&#39;s Philip Reeves reports.
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About 5,000 US Marines, British troops and Iraqi forces began an offensive yesterday aimed at clearing insurgents from a cluster of dusty, small towns south of Baghdad.
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A man argues with a US and Iraqi soldiers as he waits to be allowed to enter Fallujah on the city limits Thursday, Dec. 23, 2004 as first of the town&#39;s 300,000 residents who fled last month&#39;s US lead offensive started returning.
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US warplanes pounded Fallujah on Saturday, as more than 10,000 American soldiers and Marines massed for an expected assault on the militant stronghold.
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Thousands of US and Iraqi troops backed by heavy air support and armor have stormed into the Sunni Muslim city of Falluja in the second major offensive in seven
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The long-awaited assault on by US troops on the Iraqi city of Fallujah appears to have started. US forces have stormed into western districts seizing the city&#39;s main hospital and securing two key bridges over the Euphrates River.
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Thousands of U.S. and Iraqi troops backed by heavy air support and armor have stormed into the Sunni Muslim city of Falluja in the second major offensive in seven months to try to recapture the insurgent stronghold.
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American and Iraqi forces are almost entirely in control of Fallujah, after a week of fighting in which 38 American troops, six Iraqi soldiers and an estimated 1,200 insurgents have been killed.
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FALLUJA was a city under siege last night as Operation al Fajr, Arabic for dawn, began. The hope is that victory for some 15,000 US Marines, soldiers and Iraqi forces, who launched a full-scale attack on the
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Planes and artillery pound the rebel city to soften resistance as US troops move in. NEAR FALLUJAH, IRAQ -- US troops backed by thunderous air and artillery barrages launched a ground offensive yesterday to
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MOSUL, IRAQ - US and Iraqi forces began an offensive Tuesday aimed at securing the northern city of Mosul, which has been partly overrun by insurgents.
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US forces entered the Sunni stronghold of Fallujah Monday, launching a long-anticipated urban offensive that is widely seen as the most significant and controversial battle since the US invasion of Iraq 19 months ago.
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The skies over Fallujah lit up from the flashes of air and artillery barrages as US troops launched an offensive to seize key insurgent strongholds in a city that became the major sanctuary for Islamic extremists who fought Marines to a standstill last
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American casualties in Iraq are mounting as the US-led offensive in Fallujah unfolds. As of Tuesday evening there, 10 American troops had been killed in action and an undisclosed