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Fallujah

Passengers walk on a platform before boarding a train to Fallujah.

Iraq gets on board with new rail service to Fallujah through former ISIS territory

Development

At Baghdad’s grand but half-empty railway station, a single train is sputtering to life. It is the newly revived daily service to Fallujah, a dusty town to the west once infamous as a Sunni insurgent stronghold.

U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Michael Oliver Ray, on a search operation in Fallujah, Iraq in December 2004. An American offensive at the time came to be known as "The Second Battle of Fallujah."

For Iraq war veterans, the new fighting in Fallujah brings up memories and frustration

Global Politics
A boy holds up his Kalashnikov rifle on the streets of Ramadi, Monday. He's part of a tribal militia being raised to take part in the fighting between the Iraqi government and al-Qaeda linked militants. His militia appears to be on the government side at

A former US military leader has advice for Iraq on fighting al-Qaeda in Fallujah

Conflict & Justice
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Global Scan

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The World

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Global Politics

Foreign policy has been an important issue in the U.S. presidential race. But how do U.S. troops on the front lines see the race?