Falluja, long the epicenter of anti-American resistance, remains far from being under control.

In Iraq, this may be doubly galling, as its citizens had been told for years that they were symbols of anti-American resistance for the whole Arab world.

Officials in Washington have said Iran is helping to foment anti-American resistance there.

A senior military officer said extending deployment of the Third Brigade, which patrols Falluja and nearby areas of anti-American resistance, would allow for continuity.

A1 New Mission for Weary Soldiers Falluja, a town 40 miles west of Baghdad, has become a symbol of anti-American resistance, with an incident every few days.

Falluja seemed to be just another obscure Iraqi town when American soldiers rolled into Baghdad, but in the last few weeks it has become a symbol of anti-American resistance.

Falluja has been a stronghold of anti-American resistance in the heavily Sunni Muslim area northwest of Baghdad.

Both women had heard rumors that explosives were being stored at the mosque, and both said there were rumors it had become a locus of anti-American resistance.

The Mong Son Grotto, which housed the Yen Bai Party Committee during the anti-American resistance is located at the centre of this lake.

France is home to Europe's largest Muslim population, and sympathies among its largely unemployed youth run high for the Palestinians and Iraq's anti-American resistance.