Rebels Routed in Falluja; Fighting Spreads Elsewhere
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Much of Falluja lay in smoking ruins, and the military victory appeared to be nearly overshadowed by violence elsewhere.
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"Hundreds" of insurgents have been killed in Falluja as U.S. and Iraqi troops sweep through the besieged Iraq city, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Thursday.
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US tanks and Marines stormed into Falluja on Monday night in a fierce ground assault to retake the Iraqi city from rebels. Several tanks thrust into the city and guerrillas
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U.S. planes and artillery battered  Falluja on Monday and Marines moved toward forward positions on  the outskirts of the rebel-held city ready for the start of a  full-scale offensive.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - Fresh fighting broke out in the  Iraqi city of Falluja Monday after U.S. forces attacked  suspected rebel targets with air strikes, artillery and mortar  rounds, a Reuters correspondent in Falluja said.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes bombarded hard  core rebel areas of Falluja on Monday and troops hunted  insurgents house-to-house, while heavy clashes broke out in  other cities and insurgents attacked Iraq's oil network.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. artillery pummeled Falluja  on Wednesday and troops hunted guerrillas still fighting days  after Washington said its offensive had destroyed rebel control  of the Sunni Muslim city west of Baghdad.
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American forces overran the last center of rebel resistance in Falluja after a weeklong invasion that smashed what they called the principal base for the Iraqi insurgency.
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The much-anticipated US-led offensive to seize the Iraqi city of Falluja from anti-American Iraqi fighters has begun. Meeting resistance that, while stiff at times, was much less than had been
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - A U.S. helicopter was shot down  over Falluja on Tuesday as U.S.-led forces were pressing home  an offensive on the rebel-held city.
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US troops hunted rebels in the battered Iraqi city of Falluja on Thursday, but rebels hit back with an armed rampage in Mosul and a powerful car
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U.S. troops cut roads and reinforced  positions around Falluja Tuesday after an air strike aimed at  Arab militants said to roam the rebel-held city.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces have gained  control of most of Falluja and insurgents are now trapped in  the southern part of the Iraqi city, U.S. officers said on  Friday.
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American forces overran the last center of rebel resistance in Falluja on Sunday after a weeklong invasion that smashed what they called the principal base for the Iraqi insurgency.
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US and Iraqi forces say they control of three-quarters of Falluja after two days of fighting with insurgents.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - The Iraqi government and U.S.  commanders declared their offensive on rebel-held Falluja a  success on Thursday but U.S. troops still faced dangers in the  city and guerrillas attacked elsewhere in Iraq.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi forces hunted  rebels in the devastated Iraqi city of Falluja on Sunday as  fighting subsided after a ferocious six-day-old assault.