US troops, insurgents fight around rebel den of Fallujah
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FALLUJAH, Iraq : US troops and insurgents battled on the edge of the rebel-held Iraqi city of Fallujah after deadly night-time air raids and nine policemen were killed in an ambush south of the capital.
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More than 10,000 US soldiers and Marines have taken positions around Fallujah for an expected assault, as US jets pummeled insurgent targets Friday and troops blocked key roads.
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US Marine infantrymen fought with insurgents in Fallujah on Thursday as warplanes and tanks bombarded guerrilla positions in the heaviest fighting here in weeks.
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US troops are still fighting to crush resistance in the Iraqi city of Fallujah as rebels hit back with an armed rampage in Mosul and a car bomb that killed 17 people in a crowded Baghdad street.
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Relations are deteriorating among insurgents as local fighters negotiate to avoid a U.S.-led military offensive against Fallujah, while foreign fighters press to attack Americans and their Iraqi supporters.
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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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Insurgents tried to break through the US cordon surrounding Fallujah on Thursday as American forces launched an offensive against concentrations of militants in the south of the city.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq  - US troops tightened their grip on Fallujah but clashed with rebels in Iraq &#39;s main northern city of Mosul, where gunmen roamed the streets, and in the capital where one US soldier was killed.
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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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BAGHDAD - Iraq was on the brink of an all-out assault on rebel-held Fallujah yesterday as deadly clashes erupted between US troops and insurgents in the neighbouring city of Ramadi.
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United States warplanes pounded Fallujah on Monday as ground forces battled guerrillas on the outskirts of the rebel-held city that American and Iraqi forces were poised to storm.
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Iraq News, FIGHTING continued in Fallujah for an eighth day yesterday as United States warplanes bombarded hard core rebel areas in the devastated Iraqi city.
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AFTER a night of pounding Fallujah, 10,000 US and Iraqi troops scrambled over a railway embankment on the city&#39;s outskirts. They immediately confronted insurgents
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US and Iraqi forces continued fighting with guerrillas in Fallujah on Thursday as deadly insurgent attacks took their toll in other areas of the country.
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American forces went on the offensive against concentrations of militants in southern Fallujah who tried to break out of a security cordon, as guerrillas launched attacks in one of Iraq&#39;s major cities in what could be a bid to
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US forces battled rebels in Iraq&#39;s western city of Falluja on Sunday as American tanks, armored personnel carriers and Humvee vehicles gathered on a highway on its outskirts, witnesses said.
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Fallujah: US troops tightened their grip on Fallujah but clashed with rebels in Iraq&#39;s main northern city of Mosul, where gunmen roamed the streets, and in the capital where one US soldier was killed.