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The members of Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, are creeping through the mean streets of Iraq's meanest town when their mission comes in. Intelligence officers at the Marines' headquarters at Firm Base One, at the edge of Fallujah, have zeroed in on an insurgent: a local teacher named...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking Out on Hostile Territory | 11/6/2005 | See Source »

For the Americans charged with maintaining order in this roiling, ruined city in western Iraq, it's too late to make friends. One year ago, the Marines launched an assault to take back Fallujah from insurgents, including some loyal to al-Qaeda leader Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, who had overrun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking Out on Hostile Territory | 11/6/2005 | See Source »

The landscape of Fallujah today isn't encouraging. Some rebuilding is taking place, and three-quarters of the houses have been reconnected to the electrical grid. But neighborhoods in the northeast and southeast--the two main entry points for last year's invasion--are filled with rubble piles and buildings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking Out on Hostile Territory | 11/6/2005 | See Source »

That may be true, but the Marines acknowledge that they are operating in largely hostile territory. "This place is definitely not safe," says Hammar. "I wouldn't let my sister walk here, ever." When the Marines of Fox Company set out for a night patrol, supporters of the insurgency announce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking Out on Hostile Territory | 11/6/2005 | See Source »

Marine officers say they aren't surprised by the insurgents' resilience. "I know this counterinsurgency is frustrating," Major Dan Williams tells members of Fox Company after another fruitless day of chasing enemy fighters. "But you've almost had insurgency Darwinism. All the stupid ones are dead." The Marines aren't...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking Out on Hostile Territory | 11/6/2005 | See Source »

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