On Sunday, the Marines’ 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance battalion, accompanied by Iraqi commandos, moved in west of the city to take a region known as “the peninsula” that includes a major regional hospital and two key bridges.
On Monday, two Marine regimental combat teams swept into Fallujah from the north while a U.S. Army brigade held the southern rim of the city to prevent insurgents from escaping. Piccoli said U.S. Army and Iraqi forces were an integral part of the invasion force.
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