More flexibility after Fallujah
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Because of superior US firepower, training and command-and-control capabilities, a victory by American forces in Fallujah should surprise no one.
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FALLUJAH: US military officials said that American troops have now âoccupiedâ the entire city of Fallujah and that there are no more major concentrations of insurgents still fighting after nearly a week of intense urban combat.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq - Until US forces overran and pummeled it into submission over the past two weeks, Fallujah was a death zone of clandestine prisons and human slaughterhouses operated by shadowy militiamen whose reign of terror now grips other parts of
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Fallujah. For months it has been a name associated with violence and the restive town has been the hub of anti-Iraq activity. Ask any Iraqi where people are taken and killed
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- A US commander said American troops and Iraqi allies have paralyzed insurgents and cut off escape routes from Fallujah.
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BAGHDAD  - Nearly 1,500 people have returned to the former rebel stronghold of Fallujah since the US military and Iraqi government started to welcome back the inhabitants of the war-torn city, the US marines said.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- US forces yesterday pummeled what commanders said were the last insurgent strongholds here, two narrow patches of territory on the southern edge of Fallujah, fortified by bunker and tunnel complexes.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq Iraqi officials say Fallujah is now freed from militants, but US military officials say it could take several days to clear the final pockets of insurgents.
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RAMADI, Iraq - As US Marines and soldiers have blasted their way through Fallujah, another insurgent outpost has grown stronger 30 miles down the road in Ramadi.
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Fallujah calls itself the &quot;City of Mosques&quot; for its many Muslim houses of worship. The city 40 miles west of Baghdad is also the center of the fiercest resistance to the US presence in Iraq.
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LANDSTUHL, Germany Body armor and getting people out quickly are said to be saving lives in the Fallujah offensive in Iraq. The commander of the biggest US military hospital abroad says she suspects the military
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New York, Sept. 26 (PTI): Conceding that some places in Iraq would throw &quot;greater challenges&quot; during the January elections, the US has said additional coalition forces are being sought for the purpose.
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Although the Iraqi city of Fallujah is secure now that Marines there control the city, it is not yet safe for residents to return, the commander
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Why Fallujah won't be the last bloody battle in the race to pacify Iraq in time for its elections
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- US military officers contending with scattered gun battles across this smoldering city predict it will be weeks -- and longer in some neighborhoods -- before residents can return and work can begin on rebuilding hundreds of houses damaged in the fighting and on overhauling water, electricity, and sewage systems weakened by years of neglect.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- They carried surface-to-air missiles and armor-piercing bullets, but they wore plastic thong sandals and often died barefoot.
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SAMARRA, Iraq -- Four months ago, insurgents operated with impunity in this ancient city along the Tigris, prompting US troops to storm it last October in a preview of the larger invasion of Fallujah in November.