Twenty years ago, on Nov. 7, 2004, a coalition assault force of more than 15,000 troops, mostly Marines, launched a massive attack on the city of Fallujah, Iraq. Over the next seven weeks they would ...

FALLUJAH, IRAQ — In 2004 and 2005, the Iraqi city of Fallujah was a killing field. Al Qaeda dominated the streets. Insurgent snipers sought to pick off U.S. Marines on patrol. Some of the fiercest ...

Jan Bender remembers the moment as if it were yesterday. Taking cover from insurgents, his fireteam had just assembled in the dark in front of a house in Fallujah, Iraq, when the Marines were ...

No date has been set yet for the return of Fallujah's residents - that decision will be made by the interim Iraqi Government. However, officers charged with reconstruction efforts say the flow of ...

2004-04-29 04:00:00 PDT Fallujah, Iraq-- A milestone in the protracted siege of Fallujah will occur Friday, when joint patrols of U.S. Marines and Iraqi security forces are scheduled to enter ...

FALLUJAH, Iraq, April 27 -- Four Iraqi policemen in bright blue shirts, shadowed by four U.S. Marines in full desert camouflage, swept behind an abandoned grain warehouse in a perfect diamond ...

Marine commanders in Fallujah announce an agreement intended to end the nearly month-long siege of the city. Under the deal, former Iraqi soldiers will replace U.S. Marines encircling Fallujah.

NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq, Nov. 14 -- In every street of the city, there were insurgents, the lieutenant said. In every corner, they were waiting. The fighters would shoot at the Iraqi soldiers and then ...

A large Iraqi family has been caught in the fighting between U.S. Marines and Iraqi insurgents. Marines have prevented 63-year-old businessman Hajji Abbas and the 100 members of his extended family ...