More flexibility after Fallujah
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Because of superior US firepower, training and command-and-control capabilities, a victory by American forces in Fallujah should surprise no one.
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FALLUJAH, IRAQ - A top US commander said Thursday the attack on Fallujah had broken the back of the anti-occupation insurgency throughout Iraq.
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Residents of the devastated city of Fallujah will begin returning to their homes later this week in several stages, and each family will be compensated for damages caused by recent fighting between US troops and insurgents, Iraqi&#39;s
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Fallujah. For months it has been a name associated with violence and the restive town has been the hub of anti-Iraq activity. Ask any Iraqi where people are taken and killed
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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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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- US forces yesterday pummeled what commanders said were the last insurgent strongholds here, two narrow patches of territory on the southern edge of Fallujah, fortified by bunker and tunnel complexes.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- US military officers contending with scattered gun battles across this smoldering city predict it will be weeks -- and longer in some neighborhoods -- before residents can return and work can begin on rebuilding hundreds of houses damaged in the fighting and on overhauling water, electricity, and sewage systems weakened by years of neglect.
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Lebanese and Palestinian militants are now showing greater coordination.
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By Michael Georgy and Fadel al-Badrani FALLUJA, Iraq, Reuters. Fighting eased in Fallujah on Tuesday after US forces reached its center and consolidated positions there, less than a day after starting an offensive to tame Iraq&#39;s most rebellious city.
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The rapid US push into Fallujah has come without the sort of fateful showdown that would break the back of the insurgency. In fact, advance US and Iraqi
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FALLUJAH, Iraq : Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi authorised US and Iraqi forces to launch an assault to regain control of the rebel-held city of Fallujah as troops seized key positions in bitter fighting on its outskirts.
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U.S. jets pounded insurgent positions in Fallujah for a second straight day Wednesday, raising plumes of smoke but leaving no extensive damage or signs of weakening the Sunni militants who have steadily expanded their control of this city about 30 miles west of Baghdad.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq, Dec. 9 -- When the residents of Fallujah begin trickling back to their devastated city, they will be routed through sandbagged checkpoints where U.S. and Iraqi troops will take their fingerprints, issue ID cards and in some cases scan their irises, part of an elaborate plan to keep insurgents out of the former radical militant stronghold.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- The US military is drawing up plans to keep insurgents from regaining control of this battle-scarred city, but returning residents may find that the measures make Fallujah look more like a police state than the democracy they have been promised.
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When he lost both of his legs in a roadside bomb attack in Iraq, Robbie Doughty was no longer able to serve his country on the battlefield. But if things go his way this fall, he hopes to serve his community as an elected official.
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US forces have resumed heavy air strikes in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, as they attempt to mop up the remaining resistance in the city.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Expert assessments have concluded the recapture of Fallujah has not broken the insurgents&#39; will to fight and may not pay the big security dividend US planners had hoped for.