Falluja Offensive Is Seen as a Test of US Pledge to Pacify Iraq in ...
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The American offensive in Falluja will test the administration&#39;s belief that the Iraqi insurgency can be subdued in time for the country&#39;s elections in
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes launched fierce  attacks on the rebel-held Iraqi town of Falluja on Thursday,  witnesses said.
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NEAR FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. marines prepared on  Friday to mount a "decisive" assault on the Iraqi cities of  Falluja and Ramadi to crush Sunni Muslim insurgents and Arab  militants.
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The U.S. military sealed off Falluja on  Friday and launched a night of air strikes on the rebel city  ahead of an assault seen as critical to the interim  government's attempt to pacify Iraq before January elections.
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US planes and tanks bombarded Falluja overnight, killing five people and heightening pressure on Iraq&#39;s most rebellious city, which is braced for an all-out offensive now that the US presidential poll is over.
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The U.S. ratcheted up preparations for what appeared to be an imminent assault on Falluja, while rebels set up a perimeter.
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American warplanes have bombed the Iraqi city of Falluja, a day after the country&#39;s interim prime minister spoke of an imminent military showdown with anti-US forces.
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US troops urged civilians to flee Falluja on Friday and launched air strikes on the rebel city ahead of an assault seen as critical to attempts to pacify Iraq before January elections.
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US troops have unleashed a fierce barrage of shelling on Iraq&#39;s rebel-held town of Falluja, where US troops are poised for a major offensive, a Reuters witness says.
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US FORCES poised to storm Falluja carried out the heaviest bombing of the rebel-held city in months yesterday while insurgents killed more than 30 people in diversionary attacks on other Iraqi towns.
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[Health India]: Falluja (Iraq), Nov 8 : Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi today gave the go-ahead for a US-led attack on the rebel stronghold of Falluja.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi gives the go-ahead for a US-led attack on the insurgent-held city of Falluja.
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US forces say they are tracking down the last insurgents in Falluja in a bid to secure the bombed-out Sunni city and enable supplies to reach residents.
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US warplanes and artillery pounded targets in Falluja on Sunday but there was no sign US forces had begun an offensive to storm the Iraqi rebel stronghold.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces thrust at least  one km (half a mile) into rebel-held Falluja on Tuesday and  were not far from the Iraqi city's heart, residents and an  Iraqi army officer said.
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FALLUJA was a city under siege last night as Operation al Fajr, Arabic for dawn, began. The hope is that victory for some 15,000 US Marines, soldiers and Iraqi forces, who launched a full-scale attack on the
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The U.S. military sealed off Falluja on  Friday and launched a night of air strikes on the rebel city  ahead of an assault seen as critical to the interim  government's attempt to pacify Iraq before January polls.