Marine Officers See Risk in Cuts in Falluja Force
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Senior intelligence officers in Iraq say rebels could rebound from their defeat if U.S. troop levels are reduced as planned.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. Marines consolidated their  hold on Falluja on Thursday, but insurgents struck back with  attacks in Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. forces thrust at least one  km (0.6 miles) into rebel-held Falluja on Tuesday and were not  far from the Iraqi city's heart, residents said.
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The offensive in Falluja led by US Marines has &quot;broken the back of the insurgency&quot; in Iraq, disrupting rebel operations across the country, a senior US commander said on Thursday.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces met heavy  resistance in Falluja as they battled toward the heart of  Iraq's most rebellious city on Tuesday, officers said.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. Marines backed by air  strikes fought their way through an insurgent stronghold in  Falluja on Wednesday, but have yet to quell resistance in  Iraq's most rebellious city, Marines said.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - Rebels shot dead 21 Iraqi  policemen in cold blood on Sunday, a day after killing 34  people in attacks on security forces, in a clear show of force  ahead of an imminent U.S. offensive on insurgents in Falluja  and Ramadi.
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The US Navy is examining "credible allegations" of wrongdoing by US marines in Falluja, Iraq, in 2004.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  -  A suspected car bomb blast near  the rebel-held Iraqi city of Falluja on Monday killed seven  American marines, the U.S. military said.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. forces punched to the heart  of Falluja on Tuesday after fierce fighting with guerrillas in  Iraq's most rebellious city, a U.S. military source said.
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WASHINGTON: Marine intelligence officials have issued a report warning that any significant withdrawal of troops from the Iraqi city of Fallujah would strengthen the insurgency, The New York Times said on Thursday.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. Marines resumed their  artillery bombardment of targets in the Iraqi city of Falluja  on Wednesday and said rebels in the city center showed no signs  of giving up.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - An Iraqi Red Crescent aid convoy  waiting at the edge of Falluja will not be allowed to enter the  city center on Sunday, a U.S. Marine officer said.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. Marines backed by air  strikes battled through a rebel stronghold in Falluja on  Wednesday, as officials said kidnappers had seized three  relatives of Iraq's interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.
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The US secretary of defence Donald Rumsfeld talks to US marines in a camp near the Iraqi town of Falluja. Photo: Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters.
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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  - U.S. forces consolidated their  grip on Falluja on Thursday, though they were still meeting  some resistance, U.S. Marines and witnesses said.