Rumsfeld: Fallujah Offensive &#39;Will Deal a Blow&#39; to Terrorists
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The Defense Department&#39;s top civilian today predicted victory for US, coalition and Iraqi forces as they launched large- scale attacks on insurgent positions in the Iraqi city of Fallujah.
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WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld delivered an impassioned defense of himself yesterday, saying at a Pentagon news conference that US casualties in Iraq affect him profoundly.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld declared that the insurgency is likely to turn even more violent in coming months as the fledgling nation heads toward democratic elections.
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The US Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, wouldn&#39;t call it the final showdown with the Iraqi insurgents. They&#39;re determined, he said, and it&#39;s going to take time to defeat them.
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US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Friday visited US troops at a main base outside the restive Iraqi city of Fallujah, a hotbed of insurgency against US troops.
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BAGHDAD: The standoff between the interim Iraqi government and insurgents in the rebel city of Fallujah has entered its &quot;final phase,&quot; Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister Iyad Allawi said Sunday, warning of imminent military action.
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TIKRIT: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld admitted Friday that America had suffered âsetbacksâ in Iraq, describing the situation as âbleakâ during a surprise Christmas Eve visit to US troops in the country.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld delivered an impassioned defense of himself Wednesday, saying at a Pentagon news conference that U.S. casualties in Iraq affect him profoundly.
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The offensive in Falluja led by US Marines has &quot;broken the back of the insurgency&quot; in Iraq, disrupting rebel operations across the country, a senior US commander said on Thursday.
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The risk in Iraq is not of civil war but that the country will end up under the control of extremists who &quot;run around chopping off people&#39;s heads,&quot; Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in remarks broadcast on Saturday.
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QUESTION: Mr. President, American forces are gearing up for what appears to be a major offensive in Fallujah over the next several days. I'm wondering if you could tell us what the objective is, what the stakes are there for the United States, for the Iraqi people, and the Iraqi elections coming up in January?
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A suicide attack and roadside bombings killed six American soldiers, and Iraq's prime minister warned residents of insurgent bastion Fallujah on Wednesday to hand over terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi or face military action.
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The Defense Department&#39;s top civilian predicted victory Monday for coalition and Iraqi forces as they launched large- scale attacks on anti-coalition positions in the Iraqi city of Fallujah.
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United States warplanes have bombed more targets in the insurgent bastion of Fallujah early on Friday, in what the US military said were its latest strikes against America&#39;s top enemy in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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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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Retaking Fallujah has &quot;broken the back of the insurgency,&quot; the US commander in Iraq said Thursday - an assessment far more optimistic than other analysts&#39; views and even a Marine Corps intelligence report.
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BAGHDAD -- US Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld told US troops in Iraq yesterday that they face a ''determined and vicious enemy" that is likely to strike again and again in the run-up to next month's elections.