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U.S. Troops Launch Fallujah Assault

By Michele Norris,
Philip Reeves
Published November 8, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

Thousands of U.S. forces begin a much-anticipated assault on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah Monday in an operation code-named Phantom Fury.

Iraq's Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi approved the operation, saying the offensive is meant to target terrorists and "have the rule of law prevail" in Fallujah.

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