'Heavy fighting' ahead in Falluja
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The full-scale assault on the Iraqi rebel city of Falluja could intensify, warns the US officer in charge of the offensive.
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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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A major assault by US forces to wrest control of the rebel-held town of Falluja loomed closer yesterday after Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, warned that his &quot;patience was running thin&quot; with talks to find a peaceful solution.
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Even as American and Iraqi forces move to surround the last large group of insurgents in Falluja this weekend, they are also scrambling to quell fighting that has erupted in many other Sunni towns and cities in Iraq.
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US-led troops battling to take control of Falluja ran into clusters of fierce resistance today as aid agencies pressed for access to the Iraqi city to take food and water to civilians trapped inside.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - 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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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces thrust at least  one km (half a mile) toward the center of rebel-held Falluja on  Tuesday despite heavy resistance, officers said.
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Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said Sunday that he was getting closer to authorizing major military action against insurgents in the restive city of Falluja, in Anbar province west of Baghdad.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S.-led troops battling to take  control of Falluja ran into pockets of fierce resistance Friday  and the United States said it would not stop until all  insurgents in the Iraqi city had been wiped out.
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NEAR FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes pounded  Falluja early on Monday as ground forces battled insurgents on  the outskirts of the rebel-held city that American and Iraqi  forces were poised to storm.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes, artillery and  mortars attacked areas of Falluja on Monday as diehard  insurgents held out to the last in the week-long battle and  heavy clashes broke out in the Iraqi cities of Mosul and  Baquba.
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American mortars pummelled parts of Falluja on Wednesday as troops hunted for guerrillas still fighting in the Iraqi city after nine days of bombardment.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces met heavy  resistance in Falluja as they battled toward the heart of  Iraq's most rebellious city on Tuesday, officers said.
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US troops are fighting to crush resistance in the Iraqi city of Falluja but rebels have hit back with an armed rampage in Mosul and a car bomb
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NEAR FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. troops unleashed a  fierce barrage of shelling Monday on Iraq's rebel-held town of  Falluja, where U.S. troops are poised for a major offensive, a  Reuters witness said.
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U.S. planes and artillery battered  Falluja on Monday and Marines moved toward forward positions on  the outskirts of the rebel-held city ready for the start of a  full-scale offensive.
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US-led forces say they expect several more days of fighting with the remaining Iraqi insurgents in Falluja.