Did they grow up as little boys wanting to be police officers in Fallujah?
Elmore says the battle for Fallujah made the initial invasion look like a cakewalk.
Eifan al-Issawi was one of the main key founders of a so-called Awakening Council in Fallujah.
American forces reckon they killed about 1, 600 rebels in the operation to recapture Fallujah.
At Thursday's ceremony, Mr. Panetta evoked the most important battles of the war in Fallujah, Ramadi and Sadr City.
Even Conway, who commanded U.S. forces in Fallujah, picks his words very carefully.
He said that America would be tapering off its troops in Fallujah anyhow, towards what the policemen were demanding.
It's still risky for a foreigner to walk the streets of Fallujah.
Also taken into custody Thursday was an unnamed Iraqi described by officials as a former Baath Party leader from Fallujah.
This week, five American soldiers were killed by a bomb near Fallujah, a hotbed of Sunni insurgency west of Baghdad.
Her husband Edward is now in Fallujah for his second rotation, which is expected to last for a year or more.
This comedown for Iraq's once all-powerful minority is most apparent in its leaders like Salih Mutlaq, a former Baath Party member, born in Fallujah.
This is the home of Mohammed al-Azawi(ph), a wealthy merchant in Fallujah.
Places like Baghdad, Ramadi, Fallujah, Sadr City, Najaf and elsewhere throughout Iraq.
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Mr. SCHACTMAN: Well, I mean, I don't think it's going to help you talk to an imam in Fallujah or anything like that.
Prosecutors said 34-year-old Platero, of Kingwood, Texas, opened fire on his roommates as they readied for bed at Camp Fallujah on Sept. 23, 2010.
The progress of the Iraqi forces is especially clear when the recent anti-terrorist operations in Tal Afar are compared with last year's assault in Fallujah.
The current operation to retake Fallujah is the second this year.
Just before the attack on Fallujah, his followers quietly announced they had joined a pan-Shia electoral alliance sponsored by Iraq's foremost cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
Hahn said soldiers in Fallujah indicated there were at least 20 armed individuals in the crowd Monday, adding that the Army is working on crowd control tactics.
Iraqis and coalition officials Tuesday worked to stabilize restive Fallujah, but U.S. authorities in Baghdad and Washington warned that time is running short for a peaceful solution.
Attacking Fallujah's insurgents is like shooting at a fly that has landed on your horse's head, says Mr Yawar: you will miss the fly but kill your horse.
The U.S.-led coalition faces insurrections on several fronts, including the Sunni Muslim stronghold of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, and the militia of a Shiite Muslim cleric in Najaf in the south.
Paul Funk, began in 2007 after a Marine unit moved to the west side of the brigade's sector, cutting off al Qaeda's roads south to Fallujah and north to Tamariyah, Samarra, and Tikrit.
"The moment he stepped out of the car to check out this road between Fallujah and Amiriyah, at this moment, there was a man, " Sohaib Haqi, Eifan al-Issawi aide, told the AFP news agency.
More than 200 years later, a unit of American Marines in Iraq's Sunni stronghold of Fallujah attempted to follow his example in 2004, growing mustaches in an attempt to help them win local sympathies.
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