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FALLUJAH, Iraq - Insurgents tried to break through the U.S. cordon surrounding Fallujah on Thursday as American forces launched an offensive against concentrations of militants in the south of the city. Some 600 insurgents, 18 U.S. troops and five Iraqi soldiers have been killed in the four-day assault, the U.S. military said.
U.S. troops, meanwhile, went on the offensive Thursday in Mosul, Iraq's third-largest city, after guerrillas launched attacks against police stations and bridges across the Tigris River in an apparent bid to relieve pressure on their trapped allies in Fallujah.See the full content of this document
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Some Fallujah Insurgents Try to Flee; Unrest Spreads
Elsewhere, a series of attacks throughout central Iraq underscored the nation's perilous security. In Baghdad, a car bomb exploded Thurs...
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