Falluja advance encounters sporadic resistance
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US and Iraqi forces have faced less resistance than expected and suffered minimal casualties, a commander said Tuesday, as the troops continue their second day of assaults on militant-controlled Falluja.
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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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American troops face sporadic but cunning resistance from insurgents as they sweep the city of Fallujah more than a month after U.S. and Iraqi forces invaded the militants' stronghold, U.S. officials said Friday.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes, artillery and  mortars attacked areas across Falluja Monday as diehard  insurgents held out to the last in the week-long battle.
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Guerrillas are staging a counteroffensive as U.S. troops struggled to flush the remaining insurgents from Falluja.
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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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Humanitarian efforts are poised to begin in Falluja as US and Iraqi forces battle what some officials say are the last remnants of the insurgency in the western Iraqi city.
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Even as American and Iraqi forces move to surround the last large group of insurgents in Falluja this weekend, they are also scrambling to quell fighting that has erupted in many other Sunni towns and cities in Iraq.
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Suspected rebel positions on the outskirts of Falluja are being attacked despite UN Secretary General Kofi Annan warning against an assault. Send us your views.
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US forces have stepped up pressure on Iraqi fighters in Falluja, using AC-130 aircraft and tanks to pound eastern and northwestern areas of the town.
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. US-led forces met heavy resistance in Falluja as they battled toward the heart of Iraq&#39;s most resistant city on Tuesday, officers said.
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NEAR FALLUJA, Iraq  - A U.S. Marine tank company  and infantry unit moved early on Monday to a staging area near  Falluja ahead of a major offensive against the rebel-held city.
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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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SAMARRA, Iraq - Sporadic gunfire echoed through this Sunni Muslim stronghold Saturday as U.S. and Iraqi forces battled pockets of resistance a day after launching what appeared to be the first major push to regain control of a string of cities before elections in January...
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. tanks shelled and  machine-gunned rebels still holding out in Falluja on Sunday in  fighting that prevented an Iraqi Red Crescent aid convoy from  reaching civilians trapped in the city for six days.
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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, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces thrust at least  one km (half a mile) into rebel-held Falluja on Tuesday and  were not far from the Iraqi city's heart, residents and an  Iraqi army officer said.