Iraq declares state of emergency; assault on Fallujah set
362437
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi declared a 60-day state of emergency across most of Iraq on Sunday amid expectations of an imminent assault on the rebel hub of Fallujah.
405014
FALLUJAH, Iraq, Nov 8 (MASNET &amp; News Agencies) - US Marines began intense shelling across the city of Fallujah after Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi gave the go-ahead for an all-out assault on the rebel enclave.
86023
Iraqis walk among buildings damaged by an air strike in Fallujah, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2004. The Iraqi government Sunday declared a state of emergency for 60 days throughout the country except for Kurdish
276977
Iraq&#039;s government clamped a state of emergency on Baghdad and ordered everyone off the streets Friday after U.S. and Iraqi forces battled insurgents armed with rocket-propelled grenades, hand grenades and rifles near the heavily fortified Green Zone.
4177
Iraq&#39;s interim government declared a state of emergency for 60 days on Sunday ahead of January elections amid spiraling insurgent attacks that have killed 60 Iraqis in two days.
328785
Backed by tanks and artillery fire, US troops launched a major attack Saturday against insurgent holdouts in southern Fallujah, hoping to finish off resistance in what had been the major guerrilla bastion of central Iraq.
745542
BASRA, Iraq  - Iraq's new prime minister declared   a one-month state of emergency in the city of Basra on   Wednesday, vowing to strike with an "iron fist" against gangs   and feuding Shi'ite factions threatening vital oil exports.
37150
US armored vehicles were seenmoving toward Fallujah late Sunday, as Iraq&#39;s interim governmentdeclared a state of emergency for two months.
237910
Iraq&#39;s interim government extended the closure of Baghdad international airport indefinitely on Saturday under emergency rule imposed ahead of this week&#39;s US-led offensive on Falluja.
658079
BAGHDAD -- US forces pounded parts of Fallujah from the air and ground yesterday, hitting insurgents in a city where Americans are said to be gearing up for a major offensive.
2139
BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. Marines launched air and ground attacks Thursday on the insurgent bastion Fallujah after city representatives suspended peace talks with the government over Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's demand to hand over terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi...
394571
US planes and artillery pounded Falluja on Monday and Iraq&#39;s interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said he had authorized a US-led offensive to rid the Sunni Muslim city of insurgents.
683320
American forces have stormed key areas of Fallujah early in the day, in what appears to be the first stage of the long-expected assault on the city.
277015
The Iraqi interim government declares a state of emergency for 60 days because of escalating violence.
89930
Iraq&#39;s interim government has declared a 60-day state of emergency across the country, except for the Kurdish north. The move was announced by a spokesman for interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.
38659
US Marines of the 1st Division prepare for a patrol outside Fallujah, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004. American forces are preparing for a major assault on Fallujah in an effort to restore control to a swath of
48794
ELEANOR HALL: To Iraq now and US-led forces are poised on the outskirts of the rebel stronghold city of Fallujah, awaiting the go ahead to launch a major assault on the city, as reports emerge that American and Iraqi government forces have already seized