Operation to Retake Fallujah &#39;Accomplished&#39; - Official
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The massive military operation to retake Fallujah has been âaccomplishedâ, a senior Iraqi official said today. Fierce fighting continued in the war-torn city where pockets of resistance were still holding out against US forces.
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Washington: US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has said that US and Iraqi military forces fighting together in Fallujah are &quot;well along&quot; in their task of freeing the Iraqi city from insurgent forces &quot;and they will finish it successfully.
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The long-awaited assault on by US troops on the Iraqi city of Fallujah appears to have started. US forces have stormed into western districts seizing the city&#39;s main hospital and securing two key bridges over the Euphrates River.
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The senior US Marine commander in Iraq said Thursday that the US-led offensive in Fallujah has &#39;&#39;broken the back of the insurgency&#39;&#39; by seizing their main base of operations.
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More than 10,000 US forces are poised to attack and occupy the rebel operations base of Fallujah.
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US and Iraqi forces moved into parts of rebel-held Fallujah, west of Baghdad, seizing the city&#39;s general hospital after a day of aerial bombardment, the US military said.
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US and Iraqi forces are still battling insurgents in Fallujah Sunday, although senior officials say the offensive against the rebel-held city is nearly complete.
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MOSUL - US and Iraqi troops recaptured police stations and secured bridges in the northern city of Mosul on Tuesday in an offensive aimed at pushing out fighters supporting the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
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U.S. and Iraqi security forces scoured Fallujah for remaining insurgent fighters and pounded the city's southernmost neighborhoods  with heavy artillery and bombs late Sunday night, as military commanders declared victory seven days after launching their largest  operation since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003.
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Hundreds of residents who returned to the war-ravaged city Thursday found that the battle of Fallujah was not over. More than six weeks after US forces launched their offensive
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld declared Monday that the military assault on the Iraqi city of Fallujah would be carried through to completion, unlike the U.S. Marine operation in April that was aborted after several days.
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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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US troops vowed yesterday to seize total control of Fallujah within 48 hours, as kidnappers threatened to kill at least two members of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi&#39;s family unless the assault was stopped.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 8  - The US military was forced to abort its first attempt to retake the restive Iraqi city of Fallujah in April.
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American forces are gearing up for a major operation in the insurgent bastion of Fallujah, where up to 5,000 Islamic militants, Saddam Hussein loyalists and common criminals are hunkered down, U.S. officers said Friday.
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US troops have secured control over the whole of rebellious Falluja, a Marine officer said on Monday, with more than 1,000 insurgents taken prisoner.
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Fallujah has been the heart of the Iraqi insurgency but won&#39;t be its last stand, defense officials and experts say. US-led forces have moved through the one-time insurgent stronghold