Aid Convoy Reaches Falluja, Gunmen Stay in Mosul
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - An Iraqi Red Crescent convoy  reached Falluja Saturday with the first aid since U.S.-led  forces began to blast their way in five days ago, and Iraqi  officials said only pockets of rebel resistance remained.
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Some 2,000 Iraqis who fled a U.S.-led offensive on Falluja more than a month ago will return to the Sunni Muslim city Thursday although sporadic fighting persists in some areas, Iraqi ministers said Wednesday.
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FALLUJA was a city under siege last night as Operation al Fajr, Arabic for dawn, began. The hope is that victory for some 15,000 US Marines, soldiers and Iraqi forces, who launched a full-scale attack on the
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US-led troops battling to take control of Falluja ran into clusters of fierce resistance today as aid agencies pressed for access to the Iraqi city to take food and water to civilians trapped inside.
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US and Iraqi forces secured more than three quarters of Mosul&#39;s police stations as calm prevailed after last week&#39;s flare-up in violence that saw rebels raid the city&#39;s police buildings, the US military said.
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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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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.
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US forces in Iraq tightened their cordon around the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah as the Red Cross and Iraqi government dispatched aid packages for the city.
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MOSUL, Iraq  - A semblance of calm returned to  Mosul on Friday after U.S. forces carried out air strikes on  insurgents, but residents said Iraq's third largest city  remained tense and Iraqi police were nowhere to be seen.
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Baghdad: A Red Crescent convoy of emergency supplies headed to Fallujah on Saturday amid fears of a growing humanitarian crisis, despite having no permission to enter the Iraqi battle field, aid workers said.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi forces captured  almost three quarters of Falluja on Wednesday, but Islamist  militants struck back, kidnapping three of the prime minister's  relatives and killing two dozen people around Iraq.
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While the American forces are preparing to launch a large- scale attack against Falluja and al-Ramadi, one of the chieftains of Falluja said that contacts are still continuous yesterday between members representing the city&#39;s delegation and the interim
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US and Iraqi troops say they have recaptured police stations and secured bridges in the northern city of Mosul . The US military also said on Wednesday that Falluja appeared calmer while operations to regain
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MOSUL: Insurgents attacked a car carrying at least three Westerners in Mosul on Friday, killing them and their Iraqi driver and cutting off the head of one of the victims, local witnesses said.
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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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U.S. and Iraqi troops recaptured police stations and secured bridges in the northern city of Mosul on Tuesday in an offensive aimed at pushing out fighters supporting the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi forces secured  almost three quarters of Falluja on Wednesday, but Islamist  militants struck back, kidnapping three relatives of the prime  minister and taking 20 Iraqi soldiers hostage.