Assault Slows, but GI&#39;s Take Half of Falluja
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Advances in Falluja slowed considerably on Wednesday after American-led troops took control of about half of the city. On Tuesday night
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FALLUJA: US Army and Marine units pushed through the centre of the insurgent stronghold of Falluja on Tuesday, fighting bands of guerrillas in the streets and conducting house-to-house searches on the second day of a major offensive to retake the city
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - The Iraqi government and U.S.  commanders declared their offensive on rebel-held Falluja a  success on Thursday but U.S. troops still faced dangers in the  city and guerrillas attacked elsewhere in Iraq.
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Aid begins flowing into the Iraqi city of Falluja following the US-led assault earlier this month.
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Resistance dwindled in the last rebel redoubt in Falluja on Sunday, US officers said, but explosions still shook the smoke-wreathed city as an Iraqi
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. forces hope to gain control  of the last rebel bastion in Iraq's western city of Falluja  during the night, a U.S. Marine officer said on Friday.
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US and Iraqi forces say they have control of three-quarters of the city of Falluja after a two-battle insurgents.
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US 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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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- US forces have seized control of up to 70 percent of this rebel stronghold, US and Iraqi officials said yesterday, as American and Iraqi troops battled insurgents along the city's main street and confronted isolated pockets of gunmen who had slipped back behind US lines.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi troops battled  through much of Falluja on Wednesday and said they had  scattered rebel forces.
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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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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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FALLUJA, Iraq  - Resistance dwindled in the last  rebel redoubt in Falluja on Sunday, U.S. officers said, but  explosions still shook the smoke-wreathed city as an Iraqi Red  Crescent convoy waited nearby to distribute relief.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes, artillery and  mortars struck areas across Falluja Monday as groups of diehard  insurgents held out to the last in the week-long battle.
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U.S.-led troops battling to take  control of Falluja ran into pockets of fierce resistance on  Friday as aid agencies pressed for access to the Iraqi city to  take food and water to civilians trapped inside.
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FALLUJA: US-led forces have gained control of most of Falluja and insurgents are trapped in the southern part of the Iraqi city, Marine officers said yesterday.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- After two days of street-to-street fighting, the US-led assault on Fallujah had wrested at least a third of the city from insurgents Tuesday, capturing the mayor&#39;s office, two mosques, a commercial center and other major objectives in