Falluja advance encounters sporadic resistance
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US and Iraqi forces have faced less resistance than expected and suffered minimal casualties, a commander said Tuesday, as the troops continue their second day of assaults on militant-controlled Falluja.
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US-led troops battling to take control of Falluja ran into clusters of fierce resistance today as aid agencies pressed for access to the Iraqi city to take food and water to civilians trapped inside.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes and artillery  pounded targets in Falluja on Sunday but there was no sign U.S.  forces had begun an offensive to storm the Iraqi rebel  stronghold.
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FALLUJA: US-led forces have gained control of most of Falluja and insurgents are trapped in the southern part of the Iraqi city, Marine officers said yesterday.
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The first displaced residents were briefly allowed back into Falluja, even as U.S. marines and warplanes battled insurgents.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government has resumed talks to pacify the western town of Falluja and avert a military assault on the rebel stronghold that has faced heavy US bombardment in recent days.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. tanks shelled and  machine-gunned rebels still holding out in Falluja Sunday in  heavy fighting that was preventing an Iraqi Red Crescent convoy  from getting aid to civilians trapped in the city for six days.
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US and Iraqi forces, facing sporadic but stiff resistance, advanced into the heart of Fallujah yesterday on the second day
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US forces thrust at least one km (0.6 miles) into rebel-held Falluja on Tuesday and were not far from the Iraqi city&#39;s heart, residents said.
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SAMARRA, Iraq Oct. 2, 2004 - Sporadic gunfire echoed through this Sunni Muslim stronghold Saturday as US and Iraqi forces battled pockets of resistance a day after launching what appeared to be the first
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NEAR FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes pounded  Falluja early on Monday as ground forces battled insurgents on  the outskirts of the rebel-held city that American and Iraqi  forces were poised to storm.
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US and Iraqi forces fought to clean out pockets of resistance in Fallujah on Wednesday after sweeping through most of the city quicker than expected and encountering sporadic resistance.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - Fighting eased in Falluja on  Tuesday after U.S. forces reached its center and consolidated  positions there, less than a day after starting an offensive to  tame Iraq's most rebellious city.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces met heavy  resistance in Falluja as they battled toward the heart of  Iraq's most rebellious city on Tuesday, officers said.
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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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US Army and Marine units thrust into the core of Falluja today, fighting fierce street battles and conducting house-to-house searches on the second day of a major assault to retake the Iraqi city from Islamic militants.
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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