US marines prepare to storm rebel city
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AMERICAN marines today blocked all roads around Fallujah as they prepared to launch a massive assault on the rebel-held Iraqi city.
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US forces prepare to move on rebel city; elsewhere over the weekend, insurgents killed scores of Iraqi National Guard troops. By Scott Peterson | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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US warplanes and artillery continued to blast rebel targets in Fallujah Saturday, as thousands of US and Iraqi troops prepared for a major assault on the rebel-held Iraqi city.
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Officials say at least 42 insurgents have been killed so far. Two US Marines were killed in a vehicle accident. The American and Iraqi forces are trying to take back the city -- from insurgents
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NEAR FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. marines prepared on  Friday for a big assault on Sunni Muslim rebels and Arab  fighters in the Iraqi cities of Falluja and Ramadi.
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US Marines of the 1st Division prepare for a patrol outside Fallujah, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004. American forces are preparing for a major assault on Fallujah in an effort to restore control to a swath of
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US forces entered the Sunni stronghold of Fallujah Monday, launching a long-anticipated urban offensive that is widely seen as the most significant and controversial battle since the US invasion of Iraq 19 months ago.
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Eight US marines have been killed in the bloodiest attack on American forces in Iraq in almost seven months as troops prepared for a major assault to capture the rebel towns of Ramadi and Falluja.
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Reporters to embed with Marines, National Forces if battle starts in insurgent-held city.
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Faced with a growing insurgency and a January deadline for national elections, American commanders in Iraq say they are preparing operations to open up rebel-held
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The U.S. Marines are preparing for a "decisive" battle in the Sunni Triangle area west of Baghdad, where insurgents are extending control outward from Fallujah through violence and intimidation, senior commanders said Friday.
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Senior US and Iraqi officials say a US-led invasion of the rebel stronghold, 30 miles west of Baghdad, could begin within days. By Scott Peterson | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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American forces are gearing up for a major operation in the insurgent bastion of Fallujah, where up to 5,000 Islamic militants, Saddam
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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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US Marines clashed with insurgents on the outskirts of the rebel bastion of Fallujah and launched airstrikes at militant targets, the US command said Friday.
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The Black Watch began moving north from Basra towards Baghdad yesterday to relieve US marines who are due to take part in an imminent American assault on the rebel-held town of Fallujah.
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BAGHDAD -- US forces pounded parts of Fallujah from the air and ground yesterday, hitting insurgents in a city where Americans are said to be gearing up for a major offensive.