US Seizes Part of Fallujah Rebel Area
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Iraqis walk among buildings damaged by an air strike in Fallujah, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2004. The Iraqi government Sunday declared a state of emergency for 60 days throughout the country except for Kurdish
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The massive military operation to retake Fallujah has been &quot;accomplished&quot;, a senior Iraqi official said. Fierce fighting continued in the war-torn city where pockets of resistance were still holding out against US forces.
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US and Iraqi troops have recaptured police stations and secured bridges in the northern city of Mosul in an offensive aimed at pushing out fighters supporting the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
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US military officials yesterday said they had regained control over the insurgent stronghold of Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad, recording a big
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Thousands of US and Iraqi forces swept into this insurgent stronghold yesterday, driving into the city's narrow streets and blasting suspected guerrilla positions in a massive thrust that American military leaders said would not cease until the city is under the full control of the interim Iraqi government.
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US forces backed by Iraqi troops surged into the heart of Fallujah on Tuesday, taking a grip on Iraq&#39;s most rebellious city after a day of intense street-to-street combat.
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United States troops have secured control over the whole of rebellious Fallujah with more than 1,000 insurgents taken prisoner. Colonel Michael Regner, operations officer for the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force
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US and allied forces battled Wednesday to seize control of the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, Iraq, facing only limited resistance from &quot;small pockets&quot; of fighters unable
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The US-led assault on Fallujah is the first of what promises to be a series of military operations to secure towns and cities where insurgents could
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The senior US Marine commander in Iraq said Thursday that the US-led offensive in Fallujah has &#39;&#39;broken the back of the insurgency&#39;&#39; by seizing their main base of operations.
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US troops battling to retake Fallujah declared their mission accomplished yesterday, occupying the entire city after more than 1,000 rebels were killed and with no major resistance left there.
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American forces have stormed key areas of Fallujah early in the day, in what appears to be the first stage of the long-expected assault on the city.
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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.
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US soldiers discovered a house in southern Fallujah on Thursday believed by US military officials to be a main headquarters
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Backed by a barrage from warplanes and artillery, US troops fought their way into the western outskirts of Fallujah on Monday, seizing a hospital and two bridges over the Euphrates River in the first stage of a major assault on the insurgent stronghold.
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As Iraq's interim prime minister formally authorized an attack on the rebel-held city of Fallujah, U.S.-led forces clashed with insurgents just outside the city limits Monday after seizing a hospital and two bridges overnight.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- US and Iraqi forces took control of almost all of Fallujah yesterday, nearing military success even as pockets of resistance remained and relief agencies began moving to avert a humanitarian disaster in the city of roughly a quarter-million people west of Baghdad.