Fallujah assault has weakened insurgency: Straw
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An operation led by US troops in the Iraqi city of Fallujah has weakened the insurgency but has not ended it altogether, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw revealed.
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Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi says his government favors a political solution to the situation in Fallujah -- but warns its patience may run out.
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A bold, innovative insurgency is  becoming more effective against U.S. supply lines in Iraq and  explosive attacks have slowed military operations there, a  senior American general said on Wednesday.
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Resistance dwindled in the last rebel redoubt in Falluja on Sunday, US officers said, but explosions still shook the smoke-wreathed city as an Iraqi
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Prime Minister Tony Blair's government is to hold a parliamentary debate on Britain's involvement in Iraq by the end of January, parliament leader Jack Straw has said.
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WASHINGTON : US Secretary of State Colin Powell warned that the insurgency in Iraq was &quot;getting worse&quot; and could hinder the organization of Iraqi elections planned for January.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has warned the United States, Britain and Iraq that a planned assault on Fallujah could undermine planned elections in January, diplomats said.
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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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Negotiations between the interim Iraqi government and insurgent leaders who control Fallujah have broken down, Iraqi officials said Friday, as US Marines and
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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, whose supporters had allegedly made Fallujah their base, and a militant cleric who was one of his top aides have escaped the US-led offensive on the city, Iraq&#39;s secretary of state for national security, Qassem Daoud, has said.
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BAGHDAD -- Top American military officials said in interviews that they won't shy from an all-out confrontation with militants in Fallujah, and they expect victory over a nationwide insurgency that they described as fragmented, weakened, and losing popular support.
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A bold, innovative insurgency has become more effective against U.S. supply lines in Iraq and explosive attacks have slowed military operations there, a senior American general said on Wednesday.
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Washington - The senior US marine commander in Iraq said on Thursday that the US-led offensive in Fallujah has &quot;broken the back of the insurgency&quot; by seizing their main base of operations.
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Taliban suicide attacks are setbacks but will not prevent coalition forces from squeezing insurgents out, the British commander in Afghanistan told BBC radio on Tuesday.
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US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld acknowledged setbacks in Iraq during a visit with US marines today at their main base outside Fallujah, where the military ousted insurgents last month in some of the bloodiest fighting since the Iraq invasion.
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Former British foreign secretary Jack Straw said the situation in Iraq was &quot;dire&quot;, adding that the United States government had made &quot;many mistakes&quot; after the 2003 invasion.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw today suggested that sending British troops to relieve American forces outside Baghdad could ultimately speed up Britain&#39;s withdrawal from Iraq, as it may increase the chance of elections being held on time.