American Marines called in two airstrikes on the pair of dingy three-story buildings squatting along Highway 10 on Wednesday, dropping 500-pound bombs each time. They fired 35 or so 155mm artillery ...

Perched atop sandbags and peering through powerful binoculars, Marine officers manning front-line positions around this tense city can see the problem clearly enough, even through the swirling dust ...

Fallujah is a gritty semi-industrial city west of Baghdad, set squarely in the Sunni triangle, former proud home to such Baathist playgrounds as the Dreamland resort. The city was a major source for ...

This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Mideast edition, July, 20, 2006. It is republished unedited in its original form. FALLUJAH, Iraq — As any Marine will tell you, Iraq is no walk in ...

FALLUJAH, Iraq – Taking a short breather, the 21-year-old Marine corporal explained what it was like to practice his lethal skill in the battle for this city. “It’s a sniper’s dream,” he said in ...

FALLUJAH, IRAQ — In 2004 and 2005, the Iraqi city of Fallujah was a killing field. Al Qaeda dominated the streets. Insurgent snipers sought to pick off U.S. Marines on patrol. Some of the fiercest ...

Civilians desperate to flee Fallujah were having to dodge sniper fire from the Islamic State group, which was keen to keep its "human shields" inside the city as Iraqi forces closed in Monday.

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Part of a continuing series about the life of an embedded reporter in Iraq. FALLUJAH, IRAQ — A couple Marines came stomping ...

FALLUJAH, Iraq, April 9 -- Just a hundred yards beyond the factory walls that surround the Marine base camp, the streets feel as remote and forbidding as the moon -- a hostile moon where every piece ...