U.S. Marines Launch Offensive on Iraq's Falluja
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Thousands of U.S. Marines and Iraqi  troops backed by tanks stormed into Falluja as night fell on  Monday, the start of a fierce ground assault to retake the  rebel stronghold.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. forces launched air strikes  on the rebel-held city of Falluja Monday, targeting what they  said was a meeting of key loyalists of their top foe in Iraq,  Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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U.S. forces launched air strikes on the rebel-held city of Falluja Monday, targeting what they said was a meeting of key loyalists of their top foe in Iraq, Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. Marines backed by air  strikes fought their way through an insurgent stronghold in  Falluja on Wednesday, but have yet to quell resistance in  Iraq's most rebellious city, Marines said.
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NEAR FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. planes and artillery  fiercely bombarded Falluja and troops probed rebel defenses on  Monday in a prelude to a full-scale ground offensive on Iraq's  toughest insurgent bastion.
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NEAR FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. troops unleashed a  fierce barrage of shelling Monday on Iraq's rebel-held town of  Falluja, where U.S. troops are poised for a major offensive, a  Reuters witness said.
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US marines today consolidated their hold on Falluja as insurgents struck back against US-led forces across Iraq. Rebels kidnapped 31 Iraqi policemen and launched bomb and rocket attacks on British and Iraqi forces.
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FALLUJA, Iraq Thousands of US marines and soldiers swarmed over a railroad embankment on the northern edge of Falluja, setting off a wild firefight and making significant advances into the city.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - Standing on a rooftop, a Marine  with an M16 rifle scans Falluja's Shuhada neighborhood, where  guerrillas are putting up the fiercest resistance to a U.S.-led  offensive against the Iraqi city.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  -  A suspected car bomb blast near  the rebel-held Iraqi city of Falluja on Monday killed seven  American marines, the U.S. military said.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. 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's election.
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A US Marine of the 1st Division gestures during a patrol outside Fallujah, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004. American forces are preparing for a major assault on Fallujah in an effort to restore control to a swathe
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. Marines shelled targets in  Falluja on Thursday after saying they had seized 70 percent of  the city and vowing to hunt down surviving rebels.
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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 elections.
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NEAR FALLUJA, Iraq  - An attack on a U.S. military  convoy wounded 20 Marines in western Iraq on Saturday, a Marine  spokesman said.
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The US led assault on Fallujah has begun. Two US Marines have been killed along with dozens of Iraqis insurgents. The military said it happened when their military car flipped into the Euphrates River.