Fighting in Fallujah as first residents return
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Fresh fighting broke out between US Marines and rebels in the battered city of Fallujah today, with deaths on both sides, as the first 200 residents returned to their homes.
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Fallujah - Clashes erupted on Thursday between US marines and insurgents in Fallujah, with warplanes dropping bombs and tanks shelling suspected guerrilla positions, as the first residents returned to the battered city.
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NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq  - Some Fallujah residents decided against returning to their war-battered city Friday when fighting erupted for a second straight day in the former rebel stronghold.
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US Marines backed by aircraft fought insurgents in the Iraqi city of Fallujah today, six weeks after launching a major attack that aimed to quell revolt in the city before next month&#39;s election.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - There was anger, frustration and  resentment among Iraqis who returned to Falluja on Friday as  many discovered their homes in rubble and their livelihoods  ruined following a U.S. offensive.
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15 November 2004 -- Fighting flared today between insurgents and US and Iraqi forces in the city of Ba&#39;qubah as coalition troops moved against remaining pockets of resistance in Al-Fallujah.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - Iraqis who fled last month's  U.S.-led offensive on Falluja began trickling back on Thursday  to check if homes they left behind were still standing -- but  others turned back as fighting continued to rage.
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Residents of the devastated city of Fallujah will begin returning to their homes later this week in several stages, and each family will be compensated for damages caused by recent fighting between US troops and insurgents, Iraqi&#39;s
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US forces battled closer towards regaining control of Fallujah on Thursday, hunting down insurgents from their underground hideouts in the Iraqi rebel city as a deadly car bomb wreaked havoc in the Baghdad rush hour.
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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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US and Iraqi forces across Fallujah forced insurgents into the south of the city, carrying out house- to-house searches to try to rid the area of rebels that oppose the interim administration
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FALLUJAH, Iraq - The US and Iraqi forces who entered this militant stronghold on Monday were prepared for days of fierce street fighting with insurgents who have been building defenses for months.
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U.S. commanders say they now control Fallujah except for a few pockets of resistance, mostly in the southernmost part. There, the crack of gunfire could still be heard on Monday, as American forces battled the last of the rebel fighters.
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BAGHDAD -- Hundreds of residents began returning to the war-ravaged city of Fallujah yesterday, but renewed fighting in the area killed three Marines, showing that insurgents remain active despite the US offensive to crush them last month.
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Insurgents tried to break through the US cordon surrounding Fallujah today as American forces launched an offensive against militants in the south of the city.
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Foreign fighters, once admired by residents of Fallujah as comrades in their struggle against American forces, have become reviled as their promises of protection went unfulfilled during the US offensive.
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In Fallujah, US forces are going through 50,000 houses one by one. But insurgents are coming back.