Iraqi Army Bombards Fallujah Before Assault

Mostly Sunni Muslim anti-government fighters, among them insurgents linked to al Qaeda, overran Falluja in the Sunni-dominated western province of Anbar on January 1, against a backdrop of deteriorating security across Iraq.
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, whose Shi'ite-led government many in the Sunni minority accuse of discrimination, had held off an all-out offensive to give local tribesmen a chance to expel the militants themselves.
But security officials told Reuters on Saturday that a decision had been made to enter Falluja on Sunday. LINK