US, Iraqi Troops Occupy Fallujah as Violence Spreads Other Cities
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American and Iraqi forces are almost entirely in control of Fallujah, after a week of fighting in which 38 American troops, six Iraqi soldiers and an estimated 1,200 insurgents have been killed.
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American and Iraqi troops swept through the rebel stronghold of Fallujah today, hoisting the Iraqi flag over the city&#39;s police station and spreading out over 70 per cent of the city.
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United States warplanes pounded Fallujah on Monday as ground forces battled guerrillas on the outskirts of the rebel-held city that American and Iraqi forces were poised to storm.
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Fierce fighting broke out in several Iraqi cities Wednesday as insurgents strove to open fronts away from the U.S. military assault on Fallujah. Separately, armed men kidnapped three family members of the interim Prime Minister.
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U.S. and Iraqi troops pushed into insurgent-heavy neighborhoods and stormed police stations in Mosul on Tuesday, launching an offensive to retake parts of this northern Iraqi city where militants staged a mass uprising last week in support of insurgents in Fallujah.
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US and Iraqi troops encircled the rebel city of Fallujah on Friday in the hunt for Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi as locals protested Iraq&#39;s most wanted man was not there and a deadly car bomb struck Baghdad.
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Thousands of US and Iraqi troops have pushed into Fallujah in a long-awaited assault to retake the city from insurgents. The troops, backed by airstrikes, tanks
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The Iraqi city of Fallujah has been &quot;liberated&quot; by coalition and Iraqi forces who are currently fighting to destroy remaining pockets of insurgents and terrorists in the city, according to Marine Lt.
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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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The skies over Fallujah lit up from the flashes of air and artillery barrages as US troops launched an offensive to seize key insurgent strongholds in a city that became the major sanctuary for Islamic extremists who fought Marines to a standstill last
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FALLUJAH, Iraq : Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi authorised US and Iraqi forces to launch an assault to regain control of the rebel-held city of Fallujah as troops seized key positions in bitter fighting on its outskirts.
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American forces blocked roads round Iraq&#39;s rebel-held city of Fallujah today after mounting air strikes overnight that local hospital sources said killed three people.
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Some 15,000 US troops and Iraqi National Guardsmen advanced Tuesday into the Iraqi city of Fallujah from three directions to root out 3,000 insurgents.
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US-led troops are continuing house-to-house searches in Al-Fallujah as unrest spreads to other parts of the Sunni Muslim region, including Iraq&#39;s third-largest city, Mosul.
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US warplanes and tanks bombarded targets in the volatile city of Fallujah on Saturday, witnesses said. US forces also exchanged gunfire with insurgents on the city&#39;s eastern outskirts, and
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United States troops have stormed key areas of Fallujah just hours after two soldiers of the Black Watch battle group were seriously injured in an attack by a suicide bomber.
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US and Iraqi forces seized control of more than 70 percent of Fallujah on Wednesday, according to troops who described encountering small pockets of resistance as