U.S. Marines Prepare to 'Whack' Falluja Rebels
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NEAR FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. marines are preparing  for an assault on rebels in the Iraqi cities of Falluja and  Ramadi, a senior commander said on Friday.
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Gunfire crackled from a nearby junkyard used by insurgents on Monday when a U.S. Marine tank company and infantry units began moving into a desert staging position for an expected offensive on Falluja.
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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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Description: US Marines, bolstered by hundreds of Iraqi soldiers, prepare for a full-scale assault on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. Marines backed by air  strikes battled through a rebel stronghold in Falluja on  Wednesday and officials said kidnappers had seized three  relatives of Iraq's interim prime minister in Baghdad.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - 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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US and Iraqi troops move in on Falluja ahead of a planned major offensive to take the city from insurgents.
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The U.S. Marines are preparing for a "decisive" battle in the Sunni Triangle area west of Baghdad, where insurgents are extending control outward from Fallujah through violence and intimidation, senior commanders said Friday.
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NEAR FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. marines prepared on  Friday to storm the Iraqi cities of Falluja and Ramadi to crush  Sunni Muslim insurgents and Arab fighters.
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Captured video shows what appears to be Iraqi insurgents preparing for battle and attacking US forces.
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NEAR FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. marines prepared on  Friday to mount a "decisive" assault on the Iraqi cities of  Falluja and Ramadi to crush Sunni Muslim insurgents and Arab  militants.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. troops have secured control  over the whole of rebellious Falluja, a Marine officer said on  Monday, with more than 1,000 insurgents taken prisoner.
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Well-armed insurgents will retreat  into the heart of Falluja before making a stand against U.S.  and Iraqi troops aiming to take control of the city, the top  American officer in Iraq predicted on Monday.
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MOSUL - Iraqi commandos backed by US troops prepared on Friday to storm rebel strongholds in the northern city of Mosul as fighting wound down in Fallujah.
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US Marines backed by aircraft fought insurgents in the Iraqi city of Falluja on Thursday, six weeks after launching a major attack that aimed to quell revolt in the city before next month&#39;s election.
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The U.S. military sealed off Falluja on Friday and launched a night of air strikes on the rebel city ahead of an assault seen as critical to the interim government's attempt to pacify Iraq before January polls.
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The U.S. ratcheted up preparations for what appeared to be an imminent assault on Falluja, while rebels set up a perimeter.