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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of central Iraq on the Euphrates River west of Baghdad. It was the scene of intense fighting between US forces and insurgent fighters during the Iraq War.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq — American Marines shot and wounded an Iraqi man in the former flash point city of Fallujah believing he was throwing a grenade ... var news_amount = 5;
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REMEMBERING THE HORROR AND SHAME OF FALLUJAH yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'REMEMBERING THE HORROR AND SHAME OF FALLUJAH'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: There will come a day, in the not too distant future, when George W Bush will stand before an International Tribunal and be forced to face the consequences of not only his illegal war and occupation of Iraq but the brutal and wanton destruction of the city of Mosques ~ Fallujah.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq, Jan 8 IPS – Ten-year-old Yassir aimed a plastic gun at a passing U.S. armoured patrol in Fallujah, and shouted Bang!
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FALLUJAH, Sep 11 IPS – After enduring two major assaults, Fallujah is under threat from U.S. forces again, residents say.
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FALLUJAH, IRAQ – After three days of measurable progress, American forces trying to take full control of Fallujah are confronting an insurgent force that has renewed energy.
Archive 2004-11-01 2004
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FALLUJAH FAILINGS: In a significant setback for U.S. efforts in Iraq, Fallujah, one of the nation's biggest cities, is now entirely under the control of rebel insurgents.
Archive 2004-09-01 2004
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FALLUJAH - The threat of violence hangs over Fallujah again as leaders of the Awakening Council fight for political power through the elections Jan. 31.
Antiwar.com Original Dahr Jamail 2009
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Now successfully dodging bullets in Fallujah is not the only path to manly courage, and some days going up against Rahm & the whole dizzy WH crew might do it, but it really, desperately needed to be done by someone.
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And one of the successes in Fallujah is that we managed to maintain a great deal of basically almost perfect coordination and closeness with the Iraqi government.
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And one of the successes in Fallujah is that we managed to maintain a great deal of basically almost perfect coordination and closeness with the Iraqi government.
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