U.S. Forces Say Rebels Trapped in Southern Falluja
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces have trapped  insurgents in southern Falluja, Marines said on Friday, the  fourth day of an assault that has killed "hundreds" of rebels.  Eighteen American and five Iraqi troops have also died.
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U.S. artillery pummeled Falluja on Wednesday and troops hunted guerrillas still fighting days after Washington said its offensive had destroyed rebel control of the Sunni Muslim city west of Baghdad.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. troops hunted rebels in the  battered Iraqi city of Falluja on Thursday, but rebels hit back  with an armed rampage in Mosul and a powerful car bomb that  killed 17 people in a crowded Baghdad street.
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Iraqi police and U.S. forces have captured two militants suspected of involvement in the abduction of three U.S. soldiers south of Baghdad earlier this year, the U.S. military said on Thursday.
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NEAR FALLUJA, Iraq  - Twenty-two American troops  have been killed and 170 wounded in the four-day assault on  Falluja that has seen U.S. forces take about 80 percent of the  rebel city so far, a U.S. Marine general said on Friday.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - Fresh fighting broke out in the  Iraqi city of Falluja Monday after U.S. forces attacked  suspected rebel targets with air strikes, artillery and mortar  rounds, a Reuters correspondent in Falluja said.
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Fierce fire fights have erupted in the south of Fallujah as trapped enemy fighters make a last stand against US and Iraqi forces. In areas of Fallujah now under US and Iraqi Army control, US forces are taking
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi forces secured  almost three quarters of Falluja on Wednesday, but Islamist  militants struck back, kidnapping three relatives of the prime  minister and taking 20 Iraqi soldiers hostage.
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US artillery bombards southern districts of Falluja in an attempt to remove remaining pockets of rebels.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. troops reinforced positions  around Falluja after an overnight air strike on Tuesday and  sealed main roads out of the rebel-held city.
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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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Well-armed insurgents will retreat  into the heart of Falluja before making a stand against U.S.  and Iraqi troops aiming to take control of the city, the top  American officer in Iraq predicted on Monday.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - The Iraqi government and U.S.  commanders declared their offensive on rebel-held Falluja a  success on Thursday but U.S. troops still faced dangers in the  city and guerrillas attacked elsewhere in Iraq.
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NEAR FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. marines are preparing  for an assault on rebels in the Iraqi cities of Falluja and  Ramadi, a senior commander said on Friday.
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After two days of street-to-street fighting, the American-led assault on Falluja had wrested at least a third of the city from insurgents
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. jets bombed Falluja Sunday  and troops fought rebels accused of shielding foreign fighters  led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, America's top foe in Iraq.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. artillery pummelled Falluja  on Wednesday and troops hunted guerrillas still fighting days  after Washington said its offensive had destroyed rebel control  of the Sunni Muslim city west of Baghdad.