US General Says Fallujah No Longer Safe Haven for Insurgents
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The top commander of US Marines in Iraq says US and Iraqi troops have &quot;broken the back&quot; of the insurgency there by taking control of Fallujah.
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Flushed out of Fallujah, Iraqi insurgents are adopting deadly new tactics in big urban areas
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U.S. commanders in Iraq say the insurgents are on the run. The problem is that when the insurgents are chased from one place, such as Fallujah, they pop up elsewhere, to deadly effect.
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American-led forces are said to be meeting the stiffest resistance yet from militants in the Iraqi city of Fallujah. Reports say militants are now trapped in the south of the city with no way out.
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US commanders said they had established at least loose control over almost all of Fallujah on Saturday and estimated that 1,600 insurgents have been
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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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A top US commander says the assault on Falluja has "broken the back of the insurgency" across Iraq.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq : US-led forces occupy almost the whole of Fallujah but it will still take some time before the rebel enclave is secure, a US marine spokesman said.
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The US-led attack on insurgents in Fallujah, now in its second week, has ``broken the back of the insurgency,&#39;&#39; according to documents uncovered in house-to-house raids in the city, said Lt.
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NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq A US general says American forces are gearing up for a major operation against the insurgent stronghold in Fallujah.
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U.S. jets struck Fallujah with five air raids in 12 hours, softening up the insurgent stronghold for an expected major assault, as Iraq's prime minister warned that the "window is closing" for a peaceful settlement to avert a mass assault on the insurgent-held city of Fallujah.
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The offensive in Falluja led by US Marines has &quot;broken the back of the insurgency&quot; in Iraq, disrupting rebel operations across the country, a senior US commander said on Thursday.
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US commanders in Iraq say they have almost complete control of the city of Fallujah, after several days of fighting in which 38 US troops, six Iraqi soldiers and an estimated 1,200 insurgents have been killed.
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Reports that Mosul, Iraq, was partly under the control of insurgent fighters and in danger of becoming the next Fallujah âis a bunch of baloney,â said Col.
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The US military thinks many insurgents fled Fallujah, blending in with the waves of Iraqi civilians who were given weeks to leave before the coalition invaded and disappointing war planners
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Retaking Fallujah has &quot;broken the back of the insurgency,&quot; the US commander in Iraq said Thursday - an assessment far more optimistic than other analysts&#39; views and even a Marine Corps intelligence report.
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WASHINGTON -- Defeating the insurgents in Fallujah is critical in the battle for a free Iraq because &#39;&#39;one part of the country cannot remain under the rule of assassins,&#39;&#39; Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday.