US Tightens Cordon Around Fallujah as Medical Aid Arrives
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US forces in Iraq tightened their cordon around the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah as the Red Cross and Iraqi government dispatched aid packages for the city.
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Baghdad - US troops were preventing a Red Crescent convoy of emergency aid from reaching helpless residents inside Fallujah on Saturday after allowing it as far as the main hospital, a spokesperson said.
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American forces pushed deeper into the southern reaches of Fallujah, cornering militants backed into smaller pockets of the city. Hundreds of men trying to flee were turned back by US troops.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- US forces flushed out insurgent holdouts in this ravaged city yesterday, while the interim Iraqi government dispatched reinforcements to the northern city of Mosul, where police control has crumbled in the face of guerrilla attacks.
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US armored vehicles were seenmoving toward Fallujah late Sunday, as Iraq&#39;s interim governmentdeclared a state of emergency for two months.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - A Red Crescent convoy reached  Falluja on Saturday with the first aid since U.S.-led forces  began blasting their way in five days ago, and U.S. and Iraqi  officials said only pockets of rebel resistance remained.
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US forces are reportedly coming under sustained fire in Fallujah as two American military helicopters were forced to land near the city while their crews were rescued.
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An Iraqi Red Crescent aid convoy has entered Fallujah for the first time after five days of fighting between insurgents and US-led forces.
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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
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Baghdad: A Red Crescent convoy of emergency supplies headed to Fallujah on Saturday amid fears of a growing humanitarian crisis, despite having no permission to enter the Iraqi battle field, aid workers said.
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The US-led assault on Fallujah is the first of what promises to be a series of military operations to secure towns and cities where insurgents could
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Iraqi special forces seized Fallujah&#39;s main hospital Sunday in what Pentagon officials described as the first step of the offensive to retake the city.
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A Red Crescent convoy of emergency supplies entered Fallujah on Saturday amid fears of a growing humanitarian crisis in the Iraqi battle zone as a massive US led offensive against rebels entered its sixth day.
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Iraqis trapped in Fallujah face a humanitarian disaster unless Iraqi and US authorities allow food, water and medicine into the besieged city, aid agencies said Friday.
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US-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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The assault on Fallujah by US and Iraqi forces entered its fifth day on Saturday, with US officials saying they are close to gaining complete control of the city.
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LANDSTUHL, Germany - The number of injured US military personnel arriving at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center this week â-ost from the offensive against insurgents in the Iraqi city of Fallujah â -ched its highest level since April, a US