US, Iraqi forces claim control over 70 percent of Fallujah
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IRAQ:Insurgent violence erupts elsewhere in the nation, and gunmen kidnap relatives of the interim prime minister. BY JACKIE SPINNER AND OMAR FEKEIKI.
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Iraqi and US military commanders in Fallujah, Iraq, said today they are pleased with operations in the city, but more remains to be done.
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US and Iraqi forces say they now control almost all of Falluja, amid concern over the distribution of aid supplies.
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Arab militants and insurgents who ruled the volatile city of Falluja before a U.S.-led offensive this month had enough weapons to take over all of Iraq, Marine officers said on Wednesday.
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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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As fighting continues in Fallujah, Iraq, coalition forces control 80 percent of the city, a top US Marine general said in Iraq today.
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The Iraqi army 4th division took over operational control of central Salahuddin province on Monday from the U.S.-led coalition, the government said.
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US and Iraqi forces took control of the central Iraqi city of Samarra yesterday but engaged in sporadic clashes with insurgents who had dispersed
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US and Iraqi forces continue to scour Fallujah, Iraq, for the last remaining resistance forces in the city while setting up mosques as distribution points for food
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The massive military operation to retake Fallujah has been &quot;accomplished&quot;, a senior Iraqi official said. Fierce fighting continued in the war-torn city where pockets of resistance were still holding out against US forces.
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US and Iraqi forces announced they seized control of the Iraqi city Samarra on Saturday, after engaging in fierce battles with anti-occupation fighters.
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U.S. and Iraqi troops took control  of government and police buildings in the rebel Iraqi  stronghold of Samarra early on Friday, the U.S. military said.
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American forces went on the offensive against concentrations of militants in southern Fallujah who tried to break out of a security cordon, as guerrillas launched attacks in one of Iraq&#39;s major cities in what could be a bid to
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US and Iraqi forces said they had captured almost three quarters of Fallujah on Wednesday, and Iraqi troops had found &quot;hostage slaughterhouses&quot; where foreign captives had been held and killed.
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Some 15,000 US troops and Iraqi National Guardsmen advanced Tuesday into the Iraqi city of Fallujah from three directions to root out 3,000 insurgents.
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More than 10,000 US soldiers and marines have taken positions around Fallujah for an expected assault, as US jets pummelled insurgent targets Friday and troops blocked key roads.
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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.