Fallujah

British

/ fəˈlʊdʒə /

noun

a town in central Iraq, about 60 km W of Baghdad; a centre of resistance against the US-led invasion of Iraq, from 2003. Pop: 223 000 (2005 est)

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There’s a whole genre of colonoscopy dispatches, from Katie Couric to Dave Barry, describing the procedure in language better suited for covering Fallujah or “Fear Factor.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

The interviews for “The Last 600 Meters,” which commemorates the Iraq War battles of Fallujah and Najaf, were conducted in 2007, “while memories were still fresh.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Sanford told local outlet Clarkston News that he was a sergeant in the Marines and was deployed to Fallujah in Iraq in 2007.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

Unlike in Fallujah, Mosul and Raqqa, people all over the world are seeing video of the unfolding catastrophe on their computers, phones and TVs.

From Salon • Nov. 18, 2023

We visited Baghdad, the U.S. military headquarters in Fallujah, and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit encampment outside Babil, in the heart of Iraq’s so-called Sunni Triangle.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

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