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U.S. Forces Push Through Fallujah's Center NewsMax.com WiresNEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq – U.S. Army and Marine units thrust through the center of the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah on Tuesday, fighting bands of guerrillas in the streets and conducting house-to-house searches on the second day of a major offensive to retake the city from Islamic militants. Fourteen Americans have been killed in the past two days across Iraq: five in and around Fallujah and nine others killed as guerrillas launched a wave of attacks in Baghdad and elsewhere. Story Continues Below A senior Pentagon official said Tuesday the nine were killed Monday southwest of Fallujah and in the capital. Prime Minister Ayad Allawi on Tuesday declared a nighttime curfew in Baghdad and its surroundings, the first curfew in the capital for a year, a day after a string of insurgent attacks in the city killed nine Iraqis and wounded more than 80. Hundreds of guerrillas were swarming the streets of Ramadi, another insurgent stronghold 70 miles west of Baghdad where Allawi declared a curfew on Monday. Gunfire rang out in the city center, and a destroyed car smeared with blood was seen. Allawi called on Sunni Muslim fighters in Fallujah to lay down their weapons to spare the city and allow government forces to take control. "The political solution is possible even if military operations are ongoing," his spokesman said.
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