Iraqis, U.S. Hail Falluja Success, Threats Remain
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. Lieutenant-General John  Sattler declared on Thursday his forces had "broken the back of  the insurgency" in Falluja, but U.S. troops still faced dangers  in the city and guerrillas attacked elsewhere in Iraq.
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FALLUJA: US-led forces have gained control of most of Falluja and insurgents are trapped in the southern part of the Iraqi city, Marine officers said yesterday.
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Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has defended the attack on the rebel stronghold Falluja saying it would improve security across Iraq and pave the way for planned January elections.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. forces hit Iraq's rebel  stronghold of Falluja with the fiercest air and ground  bombardment in months, as insurgents struck back on Saturday  with attacks that killed up to 37 people in Samarra.
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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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FALLUJA, Iraq  - Iraqis who fled last month's  U.S.-led offensive on Falluja began trickling back on Thursday  to check if homes they left behind were still standing -- but  others turned back as fighting continued to rage.
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Some 2,000 Iraqis who fled a U.S.-led offensive on Falluja more than a month ago will return to the Sunni Muslim city Thursday although sporadic fighting persists in some areas, Iraqi ministers said Wednesday.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - Air and artillery strikes shook  the rebel-held Iraqi city of Falluja on Friday night after U.S.  forces, using leaflets and loudspeakers, urged civilians to  leave.
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An audio tape from al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi urged insurgents in Falluja to resist U.S.-led attacks on the rebel city, saying victory was certain.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi forces secured  almost three quarters of Falluja on Wednesday, but Islamist  militants struck back, kidnapping three relatives of the prime  minister and taking 20 Iraqi soldiers hostage.
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FALLUJA was a city under siege last night as Operation al Fajr, Arabic for dawn, began. The hope is that victory for some 15,000 US Marines, soldiers and Iraqi forces, who launched a full-scale attack on the
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While the American forces are preparing to launch a large- scale attack against Falluja and al-Ramadi, one of the chieftains of Falluja said that contacts are still continuous yesterday between members representing the city&#39;s delegation and the interim
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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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The U.S. military said on Thursday  this week's Falluja offensive would not shatter Iraq's  insurgency, while analysts argued merely seizing real estate  does little to stop rebels able to relocate and keep fighting.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. forces thrust at least one  km (0.6 miles) into rebel-held Falluja on Tuesday and were not  far from the Iraqi city's heart, residents said.
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Humanitarian efforts are poised to begin in Falluja as US and Iraqi forces battle what some officials say are the last remnants of the insurgency in the western Iraqi city.
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President Bush called Sunday's elections in Iraq a success and promised the United States will continue trying to prepare Iraqis to secure their own country.