Fallujah

U.S. Troops to Leave Fallujah; 10 Soldiers Killed Elsewhere

U.S. Marines will begin withdrawing from Fallujah as a new Iraqi security force moves in under an agreement reached late Wednesday to end the month-long standoff between coalition forces and insurgents.

U.S. Forces Battle Militants in Fallujah, Najaf

U.S. aircraft and tanks targeted two suspected insurgent strongholds in the central Iraqi city of Fallujah Tuesday night, in a second day of attacks aimed at clamping down on insurgents.

Car Bomb Kills Dozens in Basra; Fighting Flares in Fallujah

Five suicide car bombers targeted police stations around the southern Iraqi city of Basra during Wednesday's morning rush hour, killing at least 65 people, including school children, and wounding scores more.

Fallujah Leaders, U.S. Urge Militants to Disarm

Civic leaders in Fallujah joined American officials Monday in asking insurgents to surrender their heavy weapons, after a weekend of fighting in Iraq killed ten U.S. soldiers.

U.S. Officials, Iraqis Negotiate in Fallujah

U.S. military and civilian officials met with leaders from Fallujah, a city ringed by U.S. Marines working to root out insurgents operating there, for the first time Friday since the siege of the central city began April 5.

Cease-Fire Holds in Fallujah, U.S. Regains Control in Parts of South

A shaky cease-fire between U.S. Marines and Sunni rebels continued in Fallujah after talks to calm Iraq's bloodiest fighting since the war, top U.S. generals said Monday.

Mosque in Fallujah Hit As Fighting Spreads in Iraq

U.S. Marines fired rockets into a mosque compound in Fallujah Wednesday, killing at least 40 people, witnesses said, in day three of the campaign to root out militants in the Sunni Muslim stronghold.

U.S. Forces Launch Operation to Secure Fallujah

Hundreds of U.S. and Iraqi troops surrounded the turbulent Iraqi city of Fallujah on Monday ahead of a major operation against insurgents following the brutal slayings of four American defense contractors last week.

Attacks in Iraq Claim Lives of Four Contractors, Five Soldiers

An anti-American mob in the Iraqi city of Fallujah ambushed a group of contractors Wednesday, beating and dragging four bodies through the streets. The brutal attack came on the same day a roadside bomb killed five Americans west of Baghdad.

Four Killed in Fallujah Car Bomb Blast

At least four people were killed Tuesday when a car bomb exploded near a police station in the tense Iraqi city of Fallujah, and three others were injured when a roadside bomb detonated in the southern city of Basra.