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	Fallujah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fallujah (Arabic: الفلوجة‎; sometimes transliterated as Falluja or Fallouja) is a city in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly 69km (43 miles) west of Baghdad on the Euphrates.
		Under Saddam Hussein, who ruled Iraq from 1979 to 2003, Fallujah came to be an important area of support for the regime, along with the rest of the region labeled by the U.S. military as the Sunni Triangle.
		Fallujah was one of the least affected areas of Iraq immediately after the 2003 invasion by the U.S. led Coalition.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fallujah (1778 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Fallujah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Fallujah (Arabic: الفلوجة; sometimes transliterated as Falluja and less commonly Fallouja, Falloujah, Faloojah, Faloojeh) is a city with a pre-war population of about 350,000 inhabitants in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly 69km (43 miles) west of Baghdad on the Euphrates.
		Within Iraq, it is known as the "city of mosques" for the more than 200 mosques found in the city and surrounding villages.
		Fallujah, according to reporters who have visited in mid-Summer, had since become a sort of Islamist mini-state, with Sharia law enforced by mujahedin and warlordism and inter-faction fighting running rampant.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Fallujah (3040 words)

	United States occupation of Fallujah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fallujah was one of the most peaceful areas of the country just after the fall of Saddam, and the arrival of US soldiers was received peacefully.
		Fallujah was one of the most peaceful areas of the country just after the fall of Saddam because the majority of the residents were Sunni and supported Saddam's Rule.
		Fallujah, The Hidden Massacre, a controversial documentary detailing the use of white phosphorus and Mk-77 by the U.S. Army against civilians in the city.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/US_occupation_of_Fallujah (3524 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / US bombs gut insurgent bunker complex
		FALLUJAH, Iraq -- US forces dropped a pair of 2,000-pound bombs early yesterday morning on a bunker complex believed to be an insurgent training facility on the southern edge of this city, where the most dedicated and best trained rebel fighters are making a last stand.
		On the streets of Fallujah, Marines recovered the disemboweled body of an unidentified Western woman wrapped in a blood-soaked blanket.
		As fighting wound down in Fallujah, chaos erupted elsewhere in the country, as insurgents stormed two police stations yesterday in the strife-ridden city of Mosul, killing at least six Iraqis.
	www.boston.com /news/world/articles/2004/11/15/us_bombs_gut_insurgent_bunker_complex (557 words)

	USATODAY.com - Fallujah Brigade tries U.S. patience (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		FALLUJAH, Iraq — A top Marine officer here says the compromise that gave control of Fallujah to an Iraqi brigade in exchange for the withdrawal of Marines may be a failure.
		The Fallujah Brigade was established to end three weeks of combat in April that killed 600 to 700 insurgents and 10 Marines.
		Brown said despite the apparent failure of the Fallujah Brigade to end the insurgency, a new U.S. offensive in the city was unlikely.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2004-06-13-fallujah-failure_x.htm (634 words)

	Gearing up for Fallujah Showdown
		NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq - American forces are gearing up for a major operation in the insurgent bastion of Fallujah, where up to 5,000 Islamic militants, Saddam Hussein loyalists and common criminals are hunkered down, U.S. officers said Friday.
		U.S. planners believe many of Fallujah's 300,000 residents have already fled the city, which has become the symbol of Iraqi resistance and where militants last spring ambushed and killed four American contractors, mutilated their bodies and hung them from a bridge.
		Fallujah residents confirm that up to half the population left at the start of Ramadan this month although some have returned.
	www.military.com /NewsContent/0,13319,FL_show_103004,00.html?ESRC=dod.nl (1001 words)

	cbs4denver.com - Fallujah Remains Iraq Focal Point
		Residents say loudspeakers at Fallujah mosques blared out Quranic verses and shouts of "God is great," during the assault.
		Iraq's interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi on Friday urged NATO to step up its support for efforts to stabilize his country as the Atlantic alliance mulls plans for a major expansion of its training mission for the Iraqi military.
		The Britons were part of the Black Watch regiment, a Scottish unit shifted to central Iraq from the relatively quiet south to free up American forces for a planned assault on Fallujah and other insurgent bastions north and west of the capital.
	cbs4denver.com /topstories/topstories_story_310103847.html (887 words)

	Belmont Club: April 2004
		The dramatic arrival of Major General Jassem Mohamed Saleh with the newly formed Fallujah Protection Army, to which the USMC is supposed to hand over control of Fallujah, must rank as one of the most surprising episodes of the war.
		The analogy of the Shuri may be especially apt, since it was on Okinawa that a large number of civilians were caught in the battle and whole families jumped from cliffs in obedience to the dictates of their Emperor rather than surrender.
		Iraq is in its way a microcosm of the the unresolved strategic issues in the larger GWOT -- the role of Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iran and Pakistan -- in the context of our changing international alliances.
	belmontclub.blogspot.com /2004_04_01_belmontclub_archive.html (16084 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Marines Bide Their Time In Insurgent-Held Fallujah
		FALLUJAH, Iraq -- From the porthole of his bunker just outside the city, U.S. Marine Capt. Jeff Stevenson could see no more than the first few rows of brick-and-concrete homes along Fallujah's urban fringe as he squinted into the setting desert sun.
		The senior commander, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Fallujah and the city of Samarra, an enclave 65 miles north of Baghdad where U.S. forces have avoided a decisive battle with insurgents, did not have to be pacified before national elections could be held in January.
		Although Fallujah is a deeply religious city, many residents follow mystical Sufi beliefs, such as praying by the graves of relatives, which Salafis regard as blasphemous.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A36905-2004Sep20?language=printer (2232 words)

	U.S. releases chief Fallujah negotiator - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com
		BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi government on Monday secured the release of the chief negotiator for the city of Fallujah in a gesture apparently aimed at reviving peace talks to end the standoff in Iraq’s major insurgent bastion.
		The latest attacks began Thursday after Fallujah clerics rejected the “impossible” demand to turn over the terrorist leader, insisting that al-Zarqawi was not in the city.
		Fallujah fell under control of radical clerics and their armed mujahedeen fighters after the Marines lifted their three-week siege of the city in April.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6095119 (908 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > In Iraq -- Dangerous Fallujah suddenly grows quiet
		FALLUJAH, Iraq – Some U.S. officers believe tribal leaders have heeded warnings and used their influence to curb attacks against Americans.
		Fallujah is known to have the most number of mosques for its population in Iraq, a sign of its religious character.
		Fallujah residents say religion is the main motive behind attacks, not loyalty to Saddam or the Baath party.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/iraq/20031122-0019-iraq-quietatlast.html (800 words)

	High Voter Turnout Expected in Fallujah - Newsday.com
		FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Buildings still lie in ruins, pulverized by one of the most intense urban battles of the Iraq war.
		But despite continuing violence and intimidation in Iraq's insurgent heartland, turnout for Thursday's election in Fallujah, once the effective headquarters of the insurgency, was expected to be high.
		Fallujah was an insurgent bastion until U.S. forces overran the city in November 2004 in the most intense urban combat of the Iraq war.
	www.newsday.com /news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-iraq-fallujah,0,5198554.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines (584 words)

	USATODAY.com - Insurgents attack five sites, kill 17 Iraqi policemen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		FALLUJAH, Iraq — Insurgents here staged simultaneous morning assaults on three police stations, a civil defense base and the mayor's office Saturday in what one Iraqi military leader called a "well-coordinated and well-financed attack."
		Fallujah, 30 miles west of Baghad, is in the heart of the so-called Sunni Triangle, an area that remains a hotbed of armed resistance to the American presence.
		Huston is the liaison officer from the 82nd Airborne to the city of Fallujah.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2004-02-14-fallujah_x.htm (587 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Iraq
		Fallujah is in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar.
		Located in the "Sunni triangle," an area north and west of Baghdad considered to be Iraq's most volatile region during and since the invasion of Iraq.
		Iraq's network of highways and railroads began in 1914 when the country had only two main roads – one from Baghdad to Fallujah and the other from Mosul to Mardin, Turkey.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/iraq/fallujah.html (441 words)

	Bush victory bad news for Fallujah - Iraq - www.theage.com.au
		But as a referendum on Iraq and the war on terror, Bush's margin in the popular vote is narrow, particularly when compared to the levels of support he enjoyed in the days after September 11.
		Iraq is the intractable problem we know - and Bush is likely to authorise a full-scale US attack on insurgents holding Fallujah in a matter of days.
		But imposing a secure environment in Iraq will remain fraught - a well-organised, mobile, funded and equipped network is in place and, the planned assault on Fallujah notwithstanding, elections scheduled for January are unlikely to proceed.
	www.theage.com.au /news/Iraq/Bush-victory-bad-news-for-Fallujah/2004/11/03/1099362221673.html?oneclick=true (580 words)

	Increased Security In Fallujah Slows Efforts to Rebuild (washingtonpost.com)
		FALLUJAH, Iraq -- On a sweep through southern Fallujah, U.S. Marines uncovered a suspected insurgent safe house: four Iraqi men of military age living alone in a small, unkempt dwelling with a Russian heavy machine gun, ammunition and two grenades buried in the front yard.
		A woman in Fallujah pleads with troops for the release of her son, who she and an Iraqi construction engineer said was working on a sewerage project.
		Letting more people and goods into Fallujah "is a risk we're going to have to take at some point for the good of the city." He estimated that 85 percent of people in Fallujah were unemployed or underemployed.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A64292-2005Apr18.html (1377 words)

	Iraq Diaries: Fallujah: An Unnatural Disaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Fallujah is completely surrounded by US Forces, the only way in or out is through one of four very restrictive checkpoints.
		People from the rural areas surrounding Fallujah are also now dying of treatable illnesses because they can't get through the checkpoints to the Fallujah hospital.
		My children cannot play in the street, they shot and killed my sister-in-law while she was washing clothes, and my other brother's hands and feet were blown off." He apologized for interrupting, but said that he had to tell us because he's in so much pain.
	electroniciraq.net /news/1982.shtml (1481 words)

	Web Sites Spin Fallujah Battle Different Ways
		The military's presentation depicts the fight for Fallujah as a liberation of a city from the insurgents.
		It states that of 100 mosques in Fallujah, 60 were used to hide weapons or as defensive positions.
		A competing vision of the Fallujah operation is presented by the blog titled "Iraq in Pictures" (www.fallujahinpictures.com), which Krohn says is far more similar to what Iraqis, and the Arab world, see on their satellite news channels.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines04/1206-03.htm (1292 words)

	Iraqi general receives hero's welcome as US marines leave Fallujah
		Saleh, tapped by the Americans to head a new security force in Fallujah, toured its war-torn streets, which in the past three weeks have witnessed the worst fighting in Iraq since the US-led invasion in March last year.
		When the Fallujah Brigade's 1st Battalion has restored calm, it will work alongside police in "identifying the murderers and mutilators of the four American contractors on March 31 and the criminals responsible for the February 14 attack on the Fallujah police station," it said.
		The second reference was to a combined attack by dozens of insurgents on Iraqi police and paramilitary bases in the town that claimed dozens of lives and resulted in the escape of at least 70 prisoners.
	www.spacewar.com /2004/040430175046.uonol620.html (724 words)

	Covering the Middle East: Liberating Fallujah
		Iraq didn't have weapons of mass destruction, that we can see, now, that United States are that are using them against the Iraquian army and against the civilians.
		Fallujah is a hole into which such madness has descended it is hard to even hold the thought of how bad life must be like there right now.
		Posted by: Dennis at December 17, 2004 12:07 AM The US was slower to rebuild Iraq than was at first realised and the Iraqi took from this that they where not going to and statrted a rebellion which stopped all reconstruction of the country by killing and scaring off those who wished to help.
	www.dahrjamailiraq.com /covering_iraq/archives/000118.php (13888 words)

	Agreement Reached to Ease Fighting in Fallujah, Iraq
		In Iraq, a U.S. military commander said an agreement has been reached with leaders in the city of Fallujah that could ease a two week standoff between Sunni militants and 1,200 American Marines encircling the city.
		U.S. Marines have kept Fallujah sealed off for two weeks as they engage in some of the heaviest fighting in Iraq of the past year, aimed at restoring order to the city where four American contractors were ambushed last month.
		It's in the Najaf area of south-central Iraq where Spain is about to pull its 1300 troops out of the country, as the new government in Madrid promised to do during last month's elections.
	www.iwar.org.uk /news-archive/2004/04-19-2.htm (372 words)

	CNN.com - U.S. blames bomb-makers for mosque blast - Jul. 2, 2003
		U.S. Central Command said Wednesday that the explosion that destroyed a building in the compound of a Fallujah mosque early Tuesday was "apparently related to a bomb-manufacturing class that was being taught inside the mosque" -- and did not involve U.S. forces.
		Fallujah has been a center of resistance to the U.S. military occupation in Iraq.
		Straw, who met with British military commanders in Iraq, said: "What they are leading to is an increased determination by the coalition forces to deal with the remnants of the Baathist movement in Iraq." (Full story)
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/07/02/sprj.irq.main/index.html (952 words)

	United States, Iraq look toward reconstruction of Fallujah
		The US forces in Iraq are turning their attention to the task of rebuilding Fallujah as the military campaign to oust the city's insurgents winds down.
		And today we are welcoming Charles Hess, who is the director of the Iraq Project and Contracting Office, and Ambassador Bill Taylor, who is the director of the Iraq Reconstruction Management Office, for what is going to be one in a series of briefings that we hope to bring you over time periodically.
		On Fallujah, as you know, the successful military operation needs to be followed by an equally successful reconstruction operation.
	www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/041122/2004112207.html (4699 words)

	For success in Fallujah, Iraq Army key \| csmonitor.com
		Fallujah has become the potent symbol of resistance in Iraq, where the mix of Mr.
		But while the majority of Fallujah's 300,000 residents have fled the city, it may be increasingly inhospitable for militants.
		Any concerted attack against Fallujah before the US presidential election on Nov. 2, he says, is likely to be an electoral ploy, because "you can't turn a president down when a war is on," says Mr.
	www.csmonitor.com /2004/1025/p01s03-woiq.html (1143 words)

	CNN.com - Former Iraqi generals offer to help in Fallujah - Apr 29, 2004
		FALLUJAH, Iraq (CNN) -- A group of former Iraqi generals offered Thursday to build an Iraqi security force that would move into Fallujah, allowing U.S. Marines to pull back from the front lines, military officials said.
		Elsewhere in Iraq, 10 U.S. soldiers were killed in attacks Thursday.
		Given the widespread violence, many have questioned whether Iraq will be prepared for sovereignty by June 30, when the United States plans to hand control over the country to an Iraqi interim authority.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/meast/04/29/iraq.main/index.html (1102 words)

	CBC News: U.S. controls 80% of Fallujah: military
		FALLUJAH, IRAQ - U.S.—led forces consolidated their control over 80 per cent of Fallujah on Friday, the U.S. military said, as Iraqi soldiers rushed to quell an uprising in Mosul.
		A top U.S. commander in Fallujah said the assault on the city was running ahead of schedule, but didn't predict how long it would last.
		Mosul's governor imposed a curfew on the city, which is about 350 kilometres north of Baghdad, on Wednesday as increasing numbers of insurgents roamed the streets of the city.
	www.cbc.ca /story/world/national/2004/11/12/fallujah_us041112.html (1051 words)

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