Falluja rebels 'make last stand'
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US-led forces say they expect several more days of fighting with the remaining Iraqi insurgents in Falluja.
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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: US Army and Marine units pushed through the centre of the insurgent stronghold of Falluja on Tuesday, fighting bands of guerrillas in the streets and conducting house-to-house searches on the second day of a major offensive to retake the city
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US marines say they have trapped most of the insurgents in Falluja in the south of the Iraqi city.
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American forces overran the last center of rebel resistance in Falluja after a weeklong invasion that smashed what they called the principal base for the Iraqi insurgency.
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An audio tape from al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi urged insurgents in Falluja to resist U.S.-led attacks on the rebel city, saying victory was certain.
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A rebel counteroffensive roiled central and northern Iraq today, as U.S. troops tried to flush the remaining insurgents from the debris-strewn cityscape of Falluja.
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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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Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad  Allawi urged the people of Falluja on Thursday to grab what he  said could be their final chance to avert a military assault on  the rebel-held city.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. Marines backed by aircraft  fought insurgents in the Iraqi city of Falluja on Thursday, six  weeks after launching a major attack that aimed to quell revolt  in the city before next month's election.
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U.S. commanders say they now control Fallujah except for a few pockets of resistance, mostly in the southernmost part. There, the crack of gunfire could still be heard on Monday, as American forces battled the last of the rebel fighters.
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A major assault by US forces to wrest control of the rebel-held town of Falluja loomed closer yesterday after Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, warned that his &quot;patience was running thin&quot; with talks to find a peaceful solution.
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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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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. Marines lobbed mortar rounds  at rebels in Falluja Saturday during a five-day-old assault  that has caused a "catastrophe" for civilians there and fueled  a revolt in Iraq's northern city of Mosul.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. air and artillery strikes  shook rebel-held Falluja late on Friday after troops, using  leaflets and loudspeakers, urged Iraqi civilians to leave.
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BAGHDAD: The standoff between the interim Iraqi government and insurgents in the rebel city of Fallujah has entered its &quot;final phase,&quot; Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister Iyad Allawi said Sunday, warning of imminent military action.