The Grim Calculations of Retaking Fallujah
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In a pep talk to US troops ahead their invasion of Fallujah on Sunday, the senior enlisted Marine in Iraq, Sgt. Major Carlton Kent drew inspiration from great Marine triumphs of the past.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq - US and Iraqi troops are fighting at this hour to re-take Fallujah. They have accomplished their first objective - taking the city&#39;s main hospital, which has been held by insurgents.
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Troops scour Fallujah for insurgents. At least 38 American troops and six Iraqi soldiers have been killed since the offensive operation began Nov. 7. By wire services.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq - Advances in Fallujah slowed considerably yesterday after American-led troops took control of about half of the city.
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The rapid US push into Fallujah has come without the sort of fateful showdown that would break the back of the insurgency. In fact, advance US and Iraqi
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US armored vehicles were seenmoving toward Fallujah late Sunday, as Iraq&#39;s interim governmentdeclared a state of emergency for two months.
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Defeating the insurgents in Fallujah is critical in the battle for a free Iraq because &#39;&#39;one part of the country cannot remain under the rule
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A U.S. military convoy of at least 40 armored vehicles was seen moving toward Fallujah, while British troops in southern Iraq headed north to plug any gaps that an offensive on the city might create.
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An eyewitness account of the vicious battle to retake the  Iraqi city
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Captain Paul Fowler sat on the curb next to a deserted gas station. Behind him, smoke rose over Fallujah. His company of tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles had roamed the eastern third of the city for 13 days, shooting holes in every building that might pose a threat, leaving behind a landscape of half-collapsed houses and factories ...
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New Pentagon estimates of the Iraqi insurgency&#39;s numbers and funding reveal a military challenge vastly more daunting than anything planned for.
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In all likelihood, US troops and the nascent Iraqi military will storm the rebel city of Fallujah in the very near future. The so-called &quot;City of Mosques&quot; has been under sustained air assault
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The battle to control Fallujah perfectly illustrates the military challenge that US forces face in Iraq&#39;s Sunni Triangle. Soldiers and Marines must seize and hold territory, destroy an elusive enemy that looks
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_ When the residents of Fallujah come home again, they may find loved ones dead or their home damaged beyond repair. The US military is ready to pay them restitution.
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Why Fallujah won't be the last bloody battle in the race to pacify Iraq in time for its elections
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Expert assessments have concluded the recapture of Fallujah has not broken the insurgents&#39; will to fight and may not pay the big security dividend US planners had hoped for.
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U.S. Marine engineers began assessing damage in Fallujah on Monday, driving through tableaux of devastation as huge explosions shook the city and the belching whir of a U.S. warplane's machine guns sounded overhead while troops fought with holdout insurgents.