US marines declare Fallujah battle over
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Baghdad: British aid worker Margaret Hassan was feared Wednesday to have been murdered by her Iraqi kidnappers, as US-led forces declared the battle for the restive Iraqi city of Fallujah all but over.
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Three US troops have died and 14 more have been wounded in the last 12 hours in Fallujah. Five US troops have died since the offensive against Iraqi militants in the city began.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- US forces have seized control of up to 70 percent of this rebel stronghold, US and Iraqi officials said yesterday, as American and Iraqi troops battled insurgents along the city's main street and confronted isolated pockets of gunmen who had slipped back behind US lines.
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The US military is reporting its first casualties of the new offensive against Iraqi rebels in Fallujah. Officials say two Marines were killed when their bulldozer flipped over into the Euphrates River.
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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 - US artillery shelled Fallujah yesterday after overnight air and tank attacks killed five people in Iraqâs most rebellious city, braced for an all-out offensive now the US presidential election is over.
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US marines launched air and ground attacks Thursday on the insurgent bastion Fallujah after city representatives suspended peace talks with the government over Prime Minister Ayad Allawi&#39;s demand to hand over terror mastermind Abu Musab al
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld declared Monday that the military assault on the Iraqi city of Fallujah would be carried through to completion, unlike the U.S. Marine operation in April that was aborted after several days.
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By Michael Georgy and Fadel al-Badrani FALLUJA, Iraq, Reuters. Fighting eased in Fallujah on Tuesday after US forces reached its center and consolidated positions there, less than a day after starting an offensive to tame Iraq&#39;s most rebellious city.
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American and Iraqi forces are almost entirely in control of Fallujah, after a week of fighting in which 38 American troops, six Iraqi soldiers and an estimated 1,200 insurgents have been killed.
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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.
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US Marines launched air and ground attacks yesterday on the rebel bastion Fallujah after city representatives suspended peace talks with the government over Prime Minister Iyad Allawi&#39;s demand to hand over terror mastermind Abu Musab Zarqawi.
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Hundreds of residents who returned to the war-ravaged city Thursday found that the battle of Fallujah was not over. More than six weeks after US forces launched their offensive
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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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The US military says 51 US soldiers were killed in the 11-day fight in Fallujah, in Iraq. US and Iraqi forces ended bombardments against Fallujah on Friday and started a house-by-house search for remaining insurgents.
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US commanders in Iraq say they have almost complete control of the city of Fallujah, after several days of fighting in which 38 US troops, six Iraqi soldiers and an estimated 1,200 insurgents have been killed.
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U.S. military officials said Saturday that American troops had now "occupied" the entire city of Fallujah and there were no more major concentrations of insurgents still fighting after nearly a week of intense urban combat.