Aid reaches Fallujah
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An Iraqi Red Crescent aid convoy has entered Fallujah for the first time after five days of fighting between insurgents and US-led forces.
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Civilians trapped in Fallujah face a humanitarian disaster unless Iraqi and American authorities allow food, water and medicine into the besieged city, aid agencies warned last night.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - A Red Crescent convoy reached  Falluja on Saturday with the first aid since U.S.-led forces  began blasting their way in five days ago, and U.S. and Iraqi  officials said only pockets of rebel resistance remained.
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The Red Cross and other international aid organizations have not been able to enter the conflict zone in Fallujah in more than a week of fighting, the agency said Monday, as concern spread about the civilians trapped inside the embattled Iraqi 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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American-led forces are said to be meeting the stiffest resistance yet from militants in the Iraqi city of Fallujah. Reports say militants are now trapped in the south of the city with no way out.
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The Iraqi city of Fallujah has been &quot;liberated&quot; by coalition and Iraqi forces who are currently fighting to destroy remaining pockets of insurgents and terrorists in the city, according to Marine Lt.
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US and Iraqi forces are still battling insurgents in Fallujah Sunday, although senior officials say the offensive against the rebel-held city is nearly complete.
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A relief convoy of ambulances and supplies Monday was turned back by Iraqi authorities or US Marines from entering Fallujah, a spokesman for the international Red Cross said.
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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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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- US and Iraqi forces took control of almost all of Fallujah yesterday, nearing military success even as pockets of resistance remained and relief agencies began moving to avert a humanitarian disaster in the city of roughly a quarter-million people west of Baghdad.
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US tanks and armored vehicles were seen moving Monday night toward northern Fallujah supported by artillery and aircraft, residents of the city said by telephone.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- US and Iraqi forces, facing sporadic but stiff resistance, advanced into the heart of Fallujah yesterday on the second day of a major offensive to wrest control of the insurgent stronghold.
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The long-awaited assault on by US troops on the Iraqi city of Fallujah appears to have started. US forces have stormed into western districts seizing the city&#39;s main hospital and securing two key bridges over the Euphrates River.
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US and Iraqi forces continue to scour Fallujah, Iraq, for the last remaining resistance forces in the city while setting up mosques as distribution points for food
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US forces backed by Iraqi troops surged into the heart of Fallujah on Tuesday, taking a grip on Iraq&#39;s most rebellious city after a day of intense street-to-street combat.
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Aid agencies called on U.S. forces and  the Iraqi government to allow them to deliver food, medicine  and water to Falluja on Friday and said four days of intense  fighting had turned the city into a "big disaster."