US-Iraqi forces launch major offensive, seal off rebel areas
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US and Iraqi forces sealed off roads leading to rebel strongholds south of Baghdad on Wednesday and anti-occupation rebels bombed two bridges, in what appears to be a move aimed at hindering troop&#39;s movement, as pro-government forces tried to retake
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The US military begins a big operation to secure police stations seized by insurgents in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a major assault Friday to regain control of the insurgent stronghold of Samarra, and hospital officials said at least 80 people were killed.
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi forces backed by  fighter jets tightened their grip on the rebel stronghold of  Samarra Saturday after launching one of the largest offensives  since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
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Backed by tanks and artillery fire, US troops launched a major attack Saturday against insurgent holdouts in southern Fallujah, hoping to finish off resistance in what had been the major guerrilla bastion of central Iraq.
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U.S.-led forces launched operations in three Iraqi rebel strongholds on Thursday, killing nearly two dozen insurgents in a town near the Syrian border and bombing targets in Falluja for the third straight day.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a major attack against the insurgent stronghold of Samarra early Friday, securing government and police buildings in the city, the U.S. command said.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces launched attacks on Baghdad's northern and southern flanks to clear out Sunni insurgents, al-Qaida fighters and Shiite militiamen who had fled the capital and Anbar during a four-month-old security operation, military officials said Monday.
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US and Iraqi forces captured the Iraqi city of Samarra on Sunday after fierce fighting with Sunni militants. The forces later described the operation as a successful first step in a major push to wrest key
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About 5,000 US Marines, British troops and Iraqi forces began an offensive yesterday aimed at clearing insurgents from a cluster of dusty, small towns south of Baghdad.
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US and Iraqi forces launched a major assault Friday to regain control of the insurgent stronghold of Samarra, and hospital officials said at least 21 people were killed and 35 wounded.
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MOSUL, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi forces launched  operations in Mosul Tuesday to rid Iraq's third largest city of  groups of insurgents who have rampaged through several  neighborhoods for the past six days.
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US military officials in Iraq say American and Iraqi forces have launched operations against insurgents in the northern city of Mosul.
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More than 2,000 US and Iraqi troops are targeting insurgents in the northern section of Babil province, the US military announced Thursday.
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U.S. and Iraqi security forces launched attacks Thursday to flush out insurgents in northern Iraq, the military and Iraqi officials said.
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Iraq News, MOSUL, Iraq - US and Iraqi forces launched an offensive in Mosul yesterday to retake control of rebel-held areas after a week of anarchy with insurgents rampaging through Iraqâs third-largest city.
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BAGHDAD -- US military and Iraqi security forces have begun a massive effort to seal off Baghdad with a ring of reinforced checkpoints, berms, trenches, barriers, and fences, in an attempt to clamp down on insurgents, officials said yesterday.