Fallujans flee from US, Zarqawi fight
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As talks collapsed and US forces launched intensive airstrikes, residents who had hoped for a settlement packed their bags. By Scott Peterson | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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Some 2,000 Iraqis who fled a U.S.-led  offensive on Falluja more than a month ago will return to the  Sunni Muslim city on Thursday although sporadic fighting  persists in some areas, Iraqi ministers said on Wednesday.
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US 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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US warplanes bombarded hard core rebel areas of Falluja on Monday and troops hunted insurgents house-to-house, while heavy clashes broke out in other
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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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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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U.S. forces destroyed a building in the  rebel-held city of Falluja on Thursday that they said was being  used by fighters loyal to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, whose group is  threatening to behead a British hostage.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - Air and artillery strikes shook  the rebel-held Iraqi city of Falluja on Friday night after U.S.  forces, using leaflets and loudspeakers, urged civilians to  leave.
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Senior leaders of the insurgency and  al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi likely escaped from Falluja  before U.S. Marines stormed into the city, a top U.S. general  said on Tuesday.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - Fresh fighting broke out in the  Iraqi city of Falluja Monday after U.S. forces attacked  suspected rebel targets with air strikes, artillery and mortar  rounds, a Reuters correspondent in Falluja said.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. jets bombed Falluja Sunday  and troops fought rebels accused of shielding foreign fighters  led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, America's top foe in Iraq.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces have gained  control of most of Falluja and insurgents are now trapped in  the southern part of the Iraqi city, U.S. officers said on  Friday.
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U.S. warplanes pounded Falluja Sunday and American troops reinforced positions around the city in a battle targeting foreign militants led by America's top enemy in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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Well-armed insurgents will retreat into the heart of Falluja before making a stand against US and Iraqi troops aiming to take control of the city, the top American officer in Iraq predicted on Monday.
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US air raids destroyed two buildings said to belong to top Islamic militant Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi in the restive Iraqi city of Fallujah yesterday where residents claimed a family of six were killed.
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A battle erupted near a mosque in northwest Falluja on Friday just hours after US Marines said insurgents were now trapped in the south of the city.
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Some 2,000 Iraqis who fled a U.S.-led offensive on Falluja more than a month ago will return to the Sunni Muslim city Thursday although sporadic fighting persists in some areas, Iraqi ministers said Wednesday.