Yahoo! News - 10 US, 2 Iraqi Troops Dead in Falluja -US Military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ten U.S. troops and two Iraqi troops fighting alongside them have died in the assault to take control of rebel-held Falluja, but senior insurgency leaders probably escaped the city, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.

"Enemy casualties, I think, are significantly higher than I expected," Metz said, adding that "a very small number" of enemy fighters had been captured. He declined to provide numbers of insurgents killed or captured.

Metz said he believed 50 percent to 75 percent of the residents of the city of 300,000 had left before the assault. "We have seen very few civilian casualties," he said, without providing any numbers. Residents of the city said scores of civilians have died.

U.S. officials have said senior leaders of the insurgency that rose up after the overthrow of President Saddam Hussein had used Falluja as a safe haven. But Metz said senior leaders of the insurgency and al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi likely got out of Falluja before U.S. Marines stormed into it.

I guess we just go from town to town then, killing the civilians who couldn't get out, destroying homes and businesses, and chase these guys all over Iraq. That will win hearts and minds.