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Original CNN News Scripts (English) A major battle has begun for a city in Iraq and thats where we begin todays show. Im Carl Azuz, thank you for watching. Falluja is located in central Iraq, along the banks of the Euphrates River. Its been controlled by the ISIS terrorist group since early 2014. In fact, it was the first Iraqi city that ISIS captured as part of its plan to create its own Islamic state in Iraq and Syria. The fight to take Falluja back involves Iraqi troops, police and militias and theyre supported by U.S.-led airstrikes. But trapped in the crossfire between these forces and the ISIS fighters who control the city, an estimated 10,000 civilian families according to the United Nations. The Iraqi forces dropped leaflets on the city, telling residents how they can get out safely. But activists in the area say ISIS is not allowing civilians to go and that some have died trying to leave. Falluja is where dozens of U.S. troops were killed during the Iraq war in 2004. Its a strategic city thats no stranger to terrorists or violence. Falluja has a long history of bloody battles. Its considered a hotbed of Sunni insurgent groups. Why Falluja matters. This was the first city to fall to ISIS, months before any other city in Iraq in January of 2014. Extremist groups like ISIS and al Qaeda in Iraq before that use Falluja as a symbol of Sunni resistance. Now, for the Shias of Iraq, many of them feel that a lot of the terrorist attacks that target them, whether its ISIS or al Qaeda in Iraq before that, those attacks they feel stemmed from Falluja, especially with its proximity to Baghdad. So, they really have wanted to see ISIS cleared out of that city for a very long time. In May 2016, Iraqi security forces launched an operation to recapture the city from ISIS. Now, with this new offensive underway right now, its expected to last a very long time and expected to be bloody if history is anything to go by. Here, what remains a