Iraqis Flee Fighting in Samarra by River Boats
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - Waving white flags, Iraqis fled  the city of Samarra on river boats on Sunday as U.S. forces  claimed victory over insurgents in the first step of an  offensive aimed at taking control of rebel-held cities.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces scoured Samarra for holdouts today after reclaiming control of the city from Sunni militants in fierce fighting that won praise for Iraqi troops.
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Iraqi security forces patrolled the streets, and US troops went door to door searching for weapons and fighters Sunday after the military claimed success in wresting control of Samarra from Sunni insurgents in fierce fighting.
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Volatile and remote areas outside the Sunni triangle are now being scoured by US and Iraqi troops.
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AMMAN, Jordan -- As Iraq's bloodshed worsens, the tide of refugees fleeing the country is straining the region's resources and inflaming fears that Iraq's sectarian conflict might spread to neighboring countries.
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Unrelenting violence and insecurity in Iraq could cause as many as 1 million Iraqis to flee their homes this year, the world's migration body said Friday.
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SAMARRA, Iraq - US and Iraqi forces tightened their grip on Samarra on Saturday, pressing on with one of the largest offensives since the fall of Saddam Hussein to try to regain control of the rebel stronghold.
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SAMARRA, Iraq - Sporadic gunfire echoed through this Sunni Muslim stronghold Saturday as U.S. and Iraqi forces battled pockets of resistance a day after the start of what appeared to be the first major push to regain control of a string of cities before elections in January...
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BAGHDAD -- US and Iraqi forces took control of the central Iraqi city of Samarra yesterday but engaged in sporadic clashes with insurgents who had dispersed into the narrowest of its closely packed streets to continue fighting in small bands.
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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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FALLUJA, Iraq  - Iraqis who fled last month's  U.S.-led offensive on Falluja began trickling back on Thursday  to check if homes they left behind were still standing -- but  others turned back as fighting continued to rage.
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SAMARRA, Iraq - Afraid to stray from home, residents buried the dead in their gardens Saturday as U.S. and Iraqi forces battled pockets of resistance in this former insurgent stronghold, where the American military said 125 rebels were killed and 88 captured in two days of fierce fighting...
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Helicopters rescued more than 40 aid workers who fled into the bush to escape fighting in Darfur on Monday as renewed violence flared in the crisis-plagued region of western Sudan.
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More than 1,000 Iraqis a day are being displaced by the sectarian violence that began on  Feb. 22 with the bombing of the Shiite Askariya shrine in Samarra, according to a report released this week by the Geneva-based International Organization for Migration, a U.N.-associated group.
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There is a lull in fighting in the insurgent stronghold of Samarra, north of Baghdad, where 100 militants were killed in fighting Friday.
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Hussein Abd-al Zahra fled the violence around Baghdad but now feels he is fighting a losing battle against the heat and dust in the Iraqi desert.
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi forces tightened  their grip on Samarra Saturday, pressing on with one of the  largest offensives since the fall of Saddam Hussein to try to  regain control of the rebel stronghold.