U.S.-Led Forces Widen Control in Rebel Iraqi City
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces backed by  warplanes tightened their grip on the rebel stronghold of  Samarra Saturday, saying they had killed 125 rebels in one of  the largest offensives since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
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FALLUJA: US-led forces have gained control of most of Falluja and insurgents are trapped in the southern part of the Iraqi city, Marine officers said yesterday.
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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. troops have secured control over the whole of rebellious Falluja, a Marine officer said on Monday, with more than 1,000 insurgents taken prisoner.
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U.S. forces in Iraq on Friday launched a big offensive in the rebel stronghold of Samarra and said they had secured key government and police buildings.
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US troops fighting al-Qaeda militants in Baquba say they now control a large section of the Iraqi insurgent stronghold.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. forces backed by Iraqi  troops surged into the heart of Falluja on Tuesday, taking a  grip on Iraq's most rebellious city after a day of intense  street-to-street combat.
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SAMARRA, Oct 2: The US-led forces, backed by Warplanes, tightened their grip on the guerilla stronghold of Samarra on Saturday, claiming they had killed 125 militants in one of the largest offensives since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
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US-led forces backed by warplanes tightened their grip on the rebel stronghold of Samarra on Saturday, saying they had killed 125 rebels in one of the largest offensives since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
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The Iraqi government rushed reinforcements Friday to the country's third-largest city, Mosul, seeking to quell a deadly militant uprising that U.S. officials suspected may be in support of the resistance in Fallujah &#151; now said to be under 80 percent U.S. control.
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US and Iraqi forces took control of the central Iraqi city of Samarra yesterday but engaged in sporadic clashes with insurgents who had dispersed
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In Iraq, US and Iraqi forces have stepped up their military operations in areas of the country under the control of Sunni rebels. Ahead of elections set for January, Iraqi and coalition forces are attempting
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U.S. forces in Iraq on Friday launched a  big offensive in the rebel stronghold of Samarra and said they  had secured key government and police buildings.
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SAMARRA, Iraq, Oct 2  - US and Iraqi officials said the rebel city of Samarra was largely under control on Saturday after one of their largest post-war military offensives in Iraq, while US warplanes rocked the rebel town of Fallujah, another hotspot
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BAQUBAH, Iraq, June 25 -- U.S. and Iraqi troops have "seized control" of the western side of the embattled city of Baqubah, but 100 or more insurgents remain in the city and at least that many likely escaped, the American brigade commander here said Monday. "We're on our way to securing the...
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Six months after Sadr City erupted in rebellion, US forces are launching a renewed campaign to wrest control of the vast Baghdad neighborhood from radical Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr&#39;s forces.
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MOSUL, Iraq  - Insurgents were in charge of some  areas of south and western Mosul on Saturday, holding two  police stations and manning road blocks, as Iraq's third  largest city appeared to slide out of U.S. and Iraqi control.