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 ...
Israel has indicated it will soon begin a ground offensive into Gaza. A geopolitical expert who embedded with US Marines in Fallujah said it will be "absolute hell." He said that Gaza's dense ...
NEW YORK – Adam Banotai was a 21-year-old sergeant and squad leader in the Marine Corps during the 2004 invasion of Fallujah, a restive insurgent-held city in Iraq. His unit – which had seven of 17 ...
FALLUJAH, Iraq — Iraqi forces took over positions Friday from Marines and raised the Iraqi flag at the entrance to Fallujah under a plan to end the monthlong siege of the city, but a suicide car bomb ...
FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi security forces took over positions from withdrawing U.S. Marines today, and a U.S. official said an agreement had been reached to allow an Iraqi security force to patrol ...
NPR — along with seven public radio stations around the country — is chronicling the lives of America's troops where they live. We're calling the project "Back at Base." This is the first installment ...
FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Led by a former Saddam Hussein general, Iraqi troops replaced U.S. Marines on Friday and raised the Iraqi flag at the entrance to Fallujah under a plan to end the monthlong siege of ...
NAJAF, Iraq -- Insurgents and rebellious Shiites mounted a string of attacks across Iraq's Shiite south and U.S. Marines launched a major assault on the turbulent Sunni city of Fallujah on Tuesday. Up ...
FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) -- Led by a former Saddam Hussein general, Iraqi troops replaced U.S. Marines on Friday and raised the Iraqi flag at the entrance to Fallujah under a plan to end the monthlong ...
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.
BAGHDAD, Dec. 2 -- Ten U.S. Marines died Thursday when a makeshift bomb blasted their foot patrol outside the western city of Fallujah, the military reported Friday. It was the deadliest attack on U.S ...
U.S. forces face their deadliest day of fighting in Iraq since May. Seven U.S. Marines were killed when a car bomb hit a convoy outside the city of Fallujah. The attack came as fresh demands were made ...