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"U.S. forces have not patrolled inside Falluja since April, when U.S. Marines ended a three-week siege, AP said. The city has since fallen into the hands of insurgents who have used it as a base to manufacture car bombs and launch attacks on U.S. and Iraqi government forces."
<ul> ~ http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/06/iraq.main/index.html</ul>