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 | A U.S. Army soldier from 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, takes cover behind a destroyed car in Falluja Nov. 10, 2004. click to open  |  | U.S. soldiers move tactically as they enter and clear objectives in Falluja, Iraq on November 9, 2004. A battle erupted near a mosque in northwest Falluja on November 12 just hours after U.S. Marines said insurgents were now trapped in the south of the city. Insurgents determined to show they are undeterred by the four-day-old offensive in Iraq's most rebellious city have hit back hard with attacks and bombings elsewhere, causing two days of bloody chaos in the northern city of Mosul. click to open |  | Masked insurgents hold a miniature reconnaissance airplane which was shot down in the war-torn Iraqi city of Falluja November 8, 2004. U.S. forces fired at least 20 mortar barrages at rebel targets in Jolan, a district in north west Falluja, witnesses said on Saturday after a relative overnight lull in U.S. attacks on guerrillas. click to open |  | Insurgents await U.S. Marines on a street corner in the war torn Iraqi city of Falluja, Nov. 8, 2004. U.S. forces fired at least 20 mortar barrages at rebel targets in Jolan, a district in north west Falluja, witnesses said on Saturday after a relative overnight lull in U.S. attacks on guerrillas. click to open |  | U.S. Marines sleep during a break at a base near Falluja, in western Iraq , November 7, 2004. The Marines are preparing for an expected full-scale assault on Falluja and Ramadi, another rebel-held Sunni Muslim city west of Baghdad. The offensive is part of a drive by Iraq's U.S.-backed interim government to pacify the country and enable nationwide elections to take place on schedule in January. click to open |  | U.S. Master Sergeant Roy Meek from Charlie Company, U.S. Marines 2nd Tank Battalion, looks on during a break at a base near the city of Falluja in western Iraq November 6, 2004. The Marines are preparing for an expected full-scale assault on Falluja and Ramadi, another rebel-held Sunni Muslim city west of Baghdad. The offensive is part of a drive by Iraq's U.S.-backed interim government to pacify the country and enable nationwide elections to take place on schedule in January. click to open |  | A soldier of the New Iraqi Army, gestures during training at a base near the city of Falluja in western Iraq, November 5, 2004. click to open |  | Soldiers of the New Iraqi Army, rest after training at a base near the city of Falluja in western Iraq, November 5, 2004. click to open |  | A U.S. Marine from Charlie Company, second tank battalion, holds his weapon during a training at a base near the city of Falluja, in western Iraq, November 4, 2004. click to open |  | U.S. Marine Infantrymen from 3rd battalion, Fifth Marines, patrol during training near Falluja in western Iraq, October 31, 2004. U.S. Marines in a tank battalion, backed by infantry, are training for an offensive on Falluja in an unfamiliar urban battleground after sweeping through open spaces in the 2003 Iraq war. click to open |
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