... who step forward to pick up arms and leave behind their families, friends and safety. From Boston and Concord to Kabul and Fallujah, our troops have fought against tyranny. They have lived a difficult life and far too often died a heroic death. And so ...

FALLUJAH, Iraq - U.S. forces moved to consolidate ... Russian republic, had been found dead in Fallujah. There was no official confirmation of ... also been reports of rebel fighters in Fallujah displaying white flags in a ruse to gain ...

... the offensive as the largest and fastest-moving of the war's new phase and the biggest Marine assault since the one in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004. It involves nearly 4,000 newly arrived Marines plus 650 Afghan forces. British forces last week led similar ...

... launched raids into an industrial zone in Fallujah where authorities fear Sunni insurgents ... re-established a major presence in Fallujah, said the city's police chief, Col ... areas that have been relatively calm. Fallujah, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) west ...

... them as prisoners, whether young or old, women or men, because it is one of many ways to beat them," he wrote in the al-Fallujah forum. In the Gaza Strip, the territory's Islamic militant Hamas rulers declined comment. Hamas has carried out scores ...

... s release. A few hundred more also protested in Nasiriyah, a Shiite city about 200 miles southeast of Baghdad, and in Fallujah, a Sunni area west of the capital. In Baghdad, Noureddin al-Hiyali, a lawmaker of the main Sunni bloc in parliament ...

... agreement. In 2004, U.S. troops in Iraq used white phosphorous as a weapon against insurgent strongholds during the battle of Fallujah, Pentagon officials have said. The Pentagon denied troops used the rounds against civilians. Amnesty International has issued ...

... were seeking political gains alleged that voters couldn't reach polling stations because of the traffic ban and others in Fallujah found the door shut. "We expect fraud ... Some will try to fill these blank ballots," said Sheik Dari al-Arsan ...

... 22,000 Marines in Anbar province, a broad wedge of western desert where insurgents once held sway over key cities such as Fallujah and Ramadi. The Marines have already tested exit routes through Jordan with plans for a full-scale exodus during the "2010 ...

... Lex from the Albany base on Dec. 21 exactly nine months after a mortar attack killed 20-year-old Lee and wounded Lex in Fallujah last March. The Lee family lobbied the military for months to allow it to adopt Lex. Though some shrapnel remains lodged ...