US FORCES SWEEP IRAQI HOTSPOTS
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US-led forces have swept through Iraqi hotspots in a push to reclaim rebel enclaves ahead of key elections in January, as more than 200 political groups threw their hat into the ring.
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BAGHDAD: US-led forces swept hotspots in the &quot;triangle of death&quot; yesterday in a push to reclaim rebel enclaves ahead of January polls.
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MOSUL, Iraq -- US and Iraqi troops stormed insurgent-held police stations and neighborhoods in this northern city Tuesday, retaking a number of sites seized last week by gunmen who rose up in support of militants in Fallujah.
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US forces yesterday pummeled what commanders said were the last insurgent strongholds here, two narrow patches of territory on the southern
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US and Iraqi forces seized control of more than 70 percent of Fallujah on Wednesday, according to troops who described encountering small pockets of resistance as
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American warplanes struck militant positions in two insurgent-controlled cities Thursday and U.S. and Iraqi troops quietly took control of a third in a sweeping crackdown following a spike in attacks against U.S. forces.
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BAGHDAD : US and Iraqi forces swept rebel bastions south of Baghdad and pounded positions held by Iraq&#39;s most wanted, Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, in Fallujah, pressing on with a promised anti-insurgency crackdown as Iraq again took centre stage in the US
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SAMARRA, Iraq -- Iraqi security forces are patrolling the Sunni Triangle city of Samarra after US and Iraqi soldiers claimed victory in retaking the city from insurgent forces.
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US-led forces swept hotspots in the &quot;triangle of death&quot; today in a push to reclaim rebel enclaves ahead of January polls with more than 200 political groups preparing to take part.
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MOSUL, Iraq : US and Iraqi forces backed by aircraft swept into the northern Iraqi city of Mosul to secure police stations and restore order as insurgents in Fallujah fought US-led troops to the death.
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Thousands of U.S. troops swept into the northern and southern beltlands of Baghdad on Wednesday in simultaneous operations against militants that the military said was the start of a "summer of hard fighting" in Iraq.
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16 November 2004 -- US and Iraqi forces today launched operations in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul to clear insurgents who have been active in the city during the past week.
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US troops were seen out on patrol in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul today, following several days of clashes between insurgents and US-led forces.
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LATIFIYAH, Iraq - US-led forces on Friday seized control of the lawless town of Latifiyah south of Baghdad, in the latest effort to restore order in war-torn Iraq ahead of January polls.
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Thousands of US troops and Iraqi forces carried on with a the newly launched raid in Sunni Muslim towns and villages south of Baghdad on Wednesday, targeting resistance fighters hideouts in the city, the US military said.
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The nightlife is zero and most shops are shut, but U.S. and Iraqi forces said Wednesday that a three-day security sweep has cleaned up &#151; at least for now &#151; a mostly Sunni neighborhood in west Baghdad, notorious for kidnappings, murders and bombings.
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US and Iraqi troops entered Mosul in force yesterday to retake streets and police stations seized by rebels in the northern city last week, while a leading Iraqi insurgent