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An illumination round blazes in the night sky over Fallujah as U.S. artillery bombards the city ahead of a new advance by Marines and Iraqi forces
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Masked guerrillas on the streets of Mosul after firing a rocket-propelled grenade during clashes with U.S. and Iraqi forces Wednesday. U.S. commanders believe many insurgent leaders may have escaped Fallujah, and are launching new attacks in a number of cities from Baghdad to as far north as Mosul
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A U.S. soldier fires on an enemy sniper position in the course of a U.S.-Iraqi operation to wrest control of the city back from insurgents
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A member of Charlie Company of the U.S. Marines First Division, Eighth regiment, takes a smoke break in Fallujah Tuesday, after U.S. forces punched their way into the center of the insurgent-held town
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An Iraqi officer salutes interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi during his visit to Iraqi troops on the frontline at Camp Fallujah, Monday
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Marines carry a wounded comrade to a helicopter near Falluja, Wednesday, as U.S. troops made rapid progress in their battle to recapture the city from insurgents
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Soldiers from the 1st U.S. Marines Expeditionary Force, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines Regiment, Bravo Company hold a suspected insurgent captured during the ground offensive to retake Fallujah
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U.S. soldiers catch a brief nap in the master bedroom of a local house commandeered during fighting in Fallujah, Wednesday