Rebels Try to Break Through Iraq Cordon
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Insurgents tried to break through the US cordon surrounding Fallujah on Thursday as American forces launched an offensive against concentrations of militants in the south of the city.
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U.S.-led troops battling to take  control of Falluja ran into pockets of fierce resistance on  Friday as aid agencies pressed for access to the Iraqi city to  take food and water to civilians trapped inside.
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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
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FALLUJAH - United States forces battled rebels in Iraq&#39;s militant stronghold of Fallujah last night as American tanks, armoured personnel carriers and Humvee vehicles gathered on a highway on its outskirts.
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US troops hunted rebels in the battered Iraqi city of Falluja on Thursday, but rebels hit back with an armed rampage in Mosul and a powerful car
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U.S.-led troops battling to take control of Fallujah ran into clusters of fierce resistance on Friday as aid agencies pressed for access to the Iraqi city to take food and water to civilians trapped inside.
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US troops are fighting to crush resistance in the Iraqi city of Falluja but rebels have hit back with an armed rampage in Mosul and a car bomb
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US-led forces thrust at least one km (half a mile) into rebel-held Falluja on Tuesday and were not far from the Iraqi cityâs heart, residents and an Iraqi army officer said.
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WASHINGTON - The steady advance of US-led troops into the rebel stronghold of Fallujah does not mean smooth sailing ahead either in that city or, more broadly, in Iraq as a whole as the American-led coalition seeks to rout the insurgents.
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BAQOUBA, Iraq US troops and Iraqi forces have carried out pre-Ramadan raids in the city of Baqouba. They&#39;re trying to clear out rebels before the start of the Islamic holy month.
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The much-anticipated US-led offensive to seize the Iraqi city of Falluja from anti-American Iraqi fighters has begun. Meeting resistance that, while stiff at times, was much less than had been
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A week after a top American general said the offensive in Fallujah had &quot;broken the back of the insurgency&quot; in Iraq, guerrillas are still fighting hard, and US troops are scrambling to stamp out new waves of attacks.
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A message purportedly from rebel leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi urges Iraqi rebels to rise up against US forces.
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US marines were today battling insurgents attempting to return to the southern Iraqi city of Falluja, killing three militants as violence continued to flare across the Sunni-dominated heartland.
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A rebel counteroffensive swept through central and northern Iraq on Monday as American troops struggled to flush the remaining insurgents from the rubble-strewn streets of Falluja.
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US forces say they are tracking down the last insurgents in Falluja in a bid to secure the bombed-out Sunni city and enable supplies to reach residents.
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The Iraqi government sent reinforcements to the countryâs third-largest city, Mosul, today, seeking to quell a deadly militant uprising that US officials suspected may be in support of the resistance in Fallujah - now said to be under 80% US control.