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Wednesday, June 11, 2003

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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- This is an angry town that sees itself as the center of a nationwide revolt against the U.S.-led occupation.

People chafe at the sight of U.S. soldiers, seethe at checkpoints around town and submit to weapons searches with a fury that is more likely to explode than subside.

"The resistance will be continuous and it will increase not only in Fallujah but all across Iraq. The resistance is organized and it will grow, but Fallujah is the center," said Tariq Kamil, who sells cooking oil from a tiny shop at the local market.

Fallujah, some 30 miles west of Baghdad, is a predominantly Sunni Muslim community that benefited greatly from industrial projects under Saddam Hussein.

Ten American soldiers have been killed in ambushes across Iraq in the past 15 days, including one yesterday in a Baghdad attack with rocket-propelled grenades. Another soldier was wounded at a collection point for illegal weapons in the southwestern part of the Iraqi capital, U.S. Central Command said in a statement.

In addition, four American soldiers were wounded in a series of raids to crack down on guerrillas north of Baghdad late Monday, in which 384 persons were detained.

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said yesterday he expected remnants of Saddam's forces to continue attacking U.S.-led troops in Iraq for months but that they would ultimately be rooted out.

"Do I think that's going to disappear in the next month or two or three? No. Will it disappear when some two or three divisions of coalition forces arrive in the country? No," Mr. Rumsfeld said at a news conference in Lisbon.

"It will take time to root out the remnants of the Saddam Hussein regime, and we intend to do it."

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