Ready to attack: US set for final move on Fallujah
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FALLUJAH, Iraq - American forces moved into position Friday for a decisive battle with bands of insurgents, pounding some of their last strongholds with airstrikes and repelling attempts by some fighters to shoot their way out through the desert
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MAXINE McKEW: Well, to Iraq now - and US forces say they are moving to clear out the remaining pockets of resistance in Fallujah, but commanders say American troops face a tough task hunting down hold out insurgents block by block.
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The assault on Fallujah by US and Iraqi forces entered its fifth day on Saturday, with US officials saying they are close to gaining complete control of the city.
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BAGHDAD, 9 November 2004 - US and Iraqi forces yesterday launched the long-awaited attack on the Sunni town of Fallujah after Iraqâs interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi gave them the green light.
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U.S. forces expect to be positioned throughout the last remaining guerrilla stronghold in Falluja by Tuesday, a Marine officer said on Saturday.
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So, the long-postponed offensive in Fallujah is finally under way, though it&#39;s unclear to what end. Hundreds, probably thousands, of insurgents will be killed.
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BAGHDAD - US forces in Iraq say they hope to be in control of all of the Fallujah by Saturday, in spite of fierce fighting in which as many as 600 insurgents, 18 US troops and five Iraqi soldiers have been killed.
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US forces prepare to move on rebel city; elsewhere over the weekend, insurgents killed scores of Iraqi troops.
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Full control of the Iraqi city of Fallujah may be just hours away according to a senior Iraqi government official. However, the insurgency in the country is continuing, with US and Iraqi forces battling armed militants in several parts of the country.
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US Marines of the 1st Division train in a former Iraqi army barrack outside Fallujah, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004. American forces are preparing for a major assault on Fallujah in an effort to restore control
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More than 10,000 US soldiers and Marines have taken positions around Fallujah for an expected assault, as US jets Friday pummeled insurgent targets and troops blocked key roads.
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Most of Iraq is now under a state of emergency as US and Iraqi forces prepare for an expected all-out assault on the city of Fallujah.
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Military operations to retake the insurgent-held Iraqi city of Fallujah are progressing &quot;ahead of schedule,&quot; a top US Marine commander there said today.
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Long convoys of American soldiers and Marines rolled onto a dust-blown base on the outskirts of Fallujah today and US warplanes intensified attacks in preparation for a
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US-backed Iraqi commandos were poised Friday to storm rebel strongholds in the northern city of Mosul, as US military commanders said they had &quot;broken the back&quot; of the insurgency with their assault on the former rebel bastion of Fallujah.
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WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld declared Monday that the military assault on the Iraqi city of Fallujah will be carried through to completion, unlike the US Marine operation in April that was aborted after several days.
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NEAR FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. marines prepared on  Friday for a "decisive" assault on the Iraqi cities of Falluja  and Ramadi to crush Sunni Muslim insurgents and Arab militants  behind suicide bombings and beheadings of hostages.