Military Assault in Falluja Is Likely, U.S. Officers Say
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The military offensive would be the largest and potentially the riskiest since the end of major combat in May 2003.
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With a US-led offensive on Falluja apparently imminent, rebels hit back with attacks in Samarra, Baghdad and Ramadi, another rebel-held city.
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American forces stepped up their pressure on the insurgent-controlled city of Falluja on Friday, unleashing an aerial and artillery bombardment of
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. US-led forces met heavy resistance in Falluja as they battled toward the heart of Iraq&#39;s most resistant city on Tuesday, officers said.
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The State Department said on  Wednesday the United States would rebuild Falluja if  American-led forces succeed in defeating insurgents and gaining  control of the besieged city.
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U.S. troops stepped up pressure on the  rebel-held Iraqi city of Falluja on Tuesday, cutting roads and  reinforcing positions around the town as jets criss-crossed the  sky ahead of an expected assault.
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Ten U.S. troops and two Iraqi troops  fighting alongside them have died in the assault to take  control of rebel-held Falluja, but senior insurgency leaders  probably escaped the city, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
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American troops and Iraqi special forces launched a major operation in Falluja late Thursday aimed at disrupting future attacks by insurgents who control the volatile city, the US military said.
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American forces are gearing up for a major operation in the insurgent bastion of Fallujah, where up to 5,000 Islamic militants, Saddam Hussein loyalists and common criminals are hunkered down, U.S. officers said Friday.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. forces expect to be  positioned throughout the last remaining guerrilla stronghold  in Falluja by Tuesday, a Marine officer said on Saturday.
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American commanders in Iraq say they are preparing operations to open up rebel-held areas, especially Falluja, the restive city west of Baghdad now under control of insurgents and Islamist groups.
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The US-led assault on Fallujah is the first of what promises to be a series of military operations to secure towns and cities where insurgents could
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The U.S. military expects insurgents may try to carry out "spectacular" attacks that would inflict major casualties in a bid to disrupt Jan. 30 elections and intimidate Iraqis who might go to the polls, a top U.S. official said Friday.
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American military officials said Thursday that they had discovered a house in the devastated city of Falluja that appeared to have been a headquarters
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US and Iraqi troops move in on Falluja ahead of a planned major offensive to take the city from insurgents.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes and artillery  pounded targets in Falluja on Sunday but there was no sign U.S.  forces had begun an offensive to storm the Iraqi rebel  stronghold.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. planes struck suspected  guerrilla targets in Iraq's western city of Falluja on Friday  as U.S. troops warned residents on loudspeakers to hand in  militants by nightfall, witnesses said.