U.S. Forces Arrest Iraqi Negotiator, Strike Falluja
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U.S. forces arrested Falluja's chief  negotiator on Friday after air strikes on the rebel-held city  that were part of a U.S. drive to thwart attacks in Iraq during  the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. marines arrested the chief  negotiator for Falluja along with the rebel-held city's police  chief on Friday, police in Falluja said.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. aircraft launched a new  airstrike in the rebel-held city of Falluja on Saturday aimed  at killing supporters of a Jordanian militant who has led a  campaign of suicide bombings and kidnappings in Iraq.
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U.S. warplanes hit the rebel- held  Iraqi city of Falluja overnight as part of a drive to thwart  expected attacks during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan and  ensure security for national polls due in January.
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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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The U.S. military made the arrest of a "senior leader" in the terror network run by Abu Musab Zarqawi and captured five others Saturday during overnight raids in Fallujah, officials said.
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American troops and Iraqi special forces launched a major operation in Falluja late Thursday aimed at disrupting future attacks by insurgents who control the volatile city, the US military said.
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Roughly 10,000 to 15,000 U.S. and  Iraqi troops were involved in the ground assault to take  control of the rebel-held Iraqi city Falluja on Monday, the top  U.S. commander in Iraq said.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. troops have secured control  over the whole of rebellious Falluja, a Marine officer said on  Monday, with more than 1,000 insurgents taken prisoner.
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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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U.S.-led multinational forces have  detained a key leader in the Muslim militant network in Iraq  headed by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the U.S. military  said Saturday.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. forces consolidated their  grip on Falluja on Thursday, though they were still meeting  some resistance, U.S. Marines and witnesses said.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi government on Monday released the chief negotiator for the city of Fallujah in a gesture apparently aimed at reviving peace talks to end the standoff in Iraq's major insurgent bastion.    In Baghdad, a car bomb exploded late Sunday near a police patrol fashionable Jadiriyah district, killing at six people, including three police officers, and wounding 26 others...
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U.S. forces released the negotiator representing Fallujah on Monday after detaining him for three days, and both sides in talks to end fighting in the insurgent-held Iraqi city said an agreement was still possible.
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U.S. forces have captured a man  described as a senior commander of a militant group linked to  al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Iraqi government said  on Wednesday.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - The chief negotiator for Falluja  said after his release by U.S. forces on Monday that the  rebel-held city was thirsty for peace despite the suspension of  talks with Iraq's interim government.
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Iraqi insurgents have kidnapped an  American who works as a manager at Baghdad airport, Al Jazeera  television said on Friday.