US marines declare Fallujah battle over
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Baghdad: British aid worker Margaret Hassan was feared Wednesday to have been murdered by her Iraqi kidnappers, as US-led forces declared the battle for the restive Iraqi city of Fallujah all but over.
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United States warplanes have dropped a huge bomb on the Iraqi rebel city of Fallujah after US marines clashed with insurgents on the eastern fringes of the Sunni Muslim bastion.
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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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The US military says 51 US soldiers were killed in the 11-day fight in Fallujah, in Iraq. US and Iraqi forces ended bombardments against Fallujah on Friday and started a house-by-house search for remaining insurgents.
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American and Iraqi forces are almost entirely in control of Fallujah, after a week of fighting in which 38 American troops, six Iraqi soldiers and an estimated 1,200 insurgents have been killed.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq, Nov 8 (MASNET &amp; News Agencies) - US Marines began intense shelling across the city of Fallujah after Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi gave the go-ahead for an all-out assault on the rebel enclave.
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The massive military operation to retake Fallujah has been &quot;accomplished&quot;, a senior Iraqi official said. Fierce fighting continued in the war-torn city where pockets of resistance were still holding out against US forces.
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US commanders in Iraq say they have almost complete control of the city of Fallujah, after several days of fighting in which 38 US troops, six Iraqi soldiers and an estimated 1,200 insurgents have been killed.
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U.S. Marines clashed with insurgents in the battered city of Fallujah on Thursday with warplanes dropping bombs and tanks shelling suspected guerrilla positions on a day when a first group of residents displaced by fighting were scheduled to return.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. Marines backed by aircraft  fought insurgents in the Iraqi city of Falluja on Thursday, six  weeks after launching a major attack that aimed to quell revolt  in the city before next month's election.
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At least six US marines were killed in a blast in Iraq&#39;s flashpoint city of Fallujah, a US military source said Monday. The blast took place at about 10:00 am (0600GMT) in al
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Seven Marines have died in combat in western Iraq. The fighting in Anbar, a vast province including Fallujah and Ramadi, was the deadliest for US forces since eight Marines
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Iraq: US forces launched air strikes on Fallujah Monday after eight US marines were killed in weekend clashes with Iraqi rebels in Al-Anbar province despite claims that the insurgency was being defeated.
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TWO US marines were killed in clashes in restive Al-Anbar province in western Iraq, the US military said today. &quot;In two separate incidents, one Marine assigned to I Marine Expeditionary Force was killed in
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US Marines of the 1st Division leave for a mission outside Fallujah, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004. US forces are preparing for a major offensive in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, and other Sunni militant strongholds
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US Marines of the 1st Division train in a former Iraqi army barrack outside Fallujah, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004. American forces are preparing for a major assault on Fallujah in an effort to restore control
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Eight US marines have been killed and nine wounded in action around the militant stronghold of Fallujah, the US military has said.