US promises control of Fallujah by Saturday
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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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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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American-led forces in Iraq say they are now in control of almost all the former militant stronghold of Fallujah after six days of fighting.
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Fallujah, Iraq -- US Marines said American forces had taken control today of 70 percent of Fallujah in the third day of a major offensive to retake the insurgent stronghold.
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US troops declared the operation to free Fallujah of militants ``accomplished&#39;&#39; but acknowledged the two most wanted figures in the city - Jordanian terror mastermind Abu Musab al
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BAGHDAD: A statement in the name of 13 militant groups, including that of al-Qaeda frontman Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, vowed Saturday to take the battle for their bastion of Fallujah to all corners of Iraq.
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NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq -- US forces seized strategic sites on the western outskirts of Fallujah early today, heralding the long-anticipated assault on the main stronghold of Iraqi insurgents.
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SAMARRA, Iraq, Oct 2  - US and Iraqi officials said the rebel city of Samarra was largely under control on Saturday after one of their largest post-war military offensives in Iraq, while US warplanes rocked the rebel town of Fallujah, another hotspot
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Backed by tanks and artillery fire, US troops launched a major attack Saturday against insurgent holdouts in southern Fallujah, hoping to finish off resistance in what had been the major guerrilla bastion of central Iraq.
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Insurgents tried to break through the US cordon surrounding Fallujah on Thursday as American forces launched an offensive against concentrations of militants in the south of the city.
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As Iraqi officials declared Fallujah liberated, U.S. forces continued intense combat operations aimed at securing the last section of the city.
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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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US-led forces say they will probably need up to five more days to finish clearing Fallujah of rebels after a week of fierce fighting that left more than 1,200 insurgents dead.
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U.S. jets struck Fallujah with five air raids in 12 hours, softening up the insurgent stronghold for an expected major assault, as Iraq's prime minister warned that the "window is closing" for a peaceful settlement to avert a mass assault on the insurgent-held city of Fallujah.
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US and Iraqi forces moved into parts of rebel-held Fallujah, west of Baghdad, seizing the city&#39;s general hospital after a day of aerial bombardment, the US military said.
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In the wake of the American military slaughter in Fallujah, the US-installed interim government announced over the weekend that elections will be held on January 30, 2005.
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U.S. aircraft fired on insurgent positions in the city of Fallujah for a fourth straight day on Friday, as the U.S. military attempted to reassert control over the unruly city, which lies at the heart of the ...