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<p>FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) U.S. Army units moved in force early Sunday to seal off the conservative town of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, intending to raid the homes of suspected militia leaders and search for illegal weapons.</p> <p>Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade targeted locations where intelligence reports indicated militia operations were underway or weapons stockpiled for use against U.S. forces. The operation was called "Spartan Scorpion."</p>

FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) -- U.S. Army units moved in force early Sunday to seal off the conservative town of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, intending to raid the homes of suspected militia leaders and search for illegal weapons. Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade targeted locations where intelligence reports indicated militia operations were underway or weapons stockpiled for use against U.S. forces. The operation was called "Spartan Scorpion." The initial thrust against the city 37 miles from the capital met no resistance, but Iraqis flashed their porch lights in apparent warning to each other that American troops were coming....

June 8, 2003 Release Number: 03-06-30 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3 ID PATROL ENGAGED BY SMALL ARMS FIRE FROM MOSQUE CAMP DOHA, Kuwait -- Task Force 3-15 was engaged by small arms fire from a Mosque today near Fallujah. Based from intelligence reports of plans to attack U.S. forces, Task Force 3-15 conducted aggressive patrols in the area to gain contact with enemy forces. However, the Task Force did not engage the attackers in the Mosque. The unit came into contact with an enemy force of an unknown size firing from the same mosque the unit had contact from yesterday. No...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 01/15/03 - Kuwait, Heroes of Task force 315, Baghdad, Basra, Ramadi, al-Amer, Tarmiya, Ibn Sina, Tikrit, Al Hadhar, Paris BREAKING: Baghdad, Iraq - Inspection @ a 'medical appliance company' BREAKING: Basra, Iraq, Iraqi army volunteers link Arafat and Saddam BREAKING: Paris - ElBaradei to surrender BREAKING: Ramadi - Inspection @ al-Amer BREAKING: Tarmiya - Inspection @ Ibn Sina military complex BREAKING: Kuwait - Heroes of Task force 315. BREAKING: Tikrit, Iraq - Inspection @ Al Hadhar ========= Kuwaiti desert ========= In the Kuwaiti desert, heroes include those of Task Force 315, 2nd...