U.S., Iraqis launch anti-insurgent raids
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U.S. and Iraqi forces launched six raids against insurgents on Friday, including one that killed at least three Iraqis in house-to-house fighting and another in which American forces wounded a female Iraqi who the U.S. command said was being used as a "human shield."
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Backed by air power, U.S. forces targeting militants believed to be responsible for the kidnapping of two coalition soldiers raided the main Shiite district in Baghdad on Sunday.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Stepping up raids before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, U.S. forces traded fire with insurgents in the Sunni stronghold of Ramadi, officials said Thursday, while troops detained 10 people, including two suspected insurgent leaders, in a sweep of Baqouba...
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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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U.S. warplanes bombed a suspected  insurgent hideout in rebel-held Falluja on Tuesday and U.S.  tanks and aircraft bombarded areas of northeastern Baghdad,  stepping up military operations against guerrillas.
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The aim is to accelerate deployment of Iraqi forces against the insurgents.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces detained 20 suspected insurgents in four days of raids across Iraq, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
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US-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 staged a series of raids in Mosul and other areas of northern and central Iraq on Sunday, arresting dozens, even as a top American official conceded U.S. and Iraqi forces cannot stop "extraordinary" intimidation by insurgents.
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A US Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment soldier scans the area through his rifle scope during a joint early morning raid on insurgent targets by Iraqi and US forces, during which 13 suspects were detained in Mosul, Iraq Friday, Nov. 26, 2004.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a major operation to strike against al-Qaida in Iraq and other extremists, the U.S. military said Tuesday, hoping to build on a recent reduction of violence and push militants from their strongholds.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces pushed deeper Thursday into Sunni militant strongholds in Baghdad &#151; where cars rigged with explosives greeted their advance &#151; while British-led teams in southern Iraq used shipping containers to block suspected weapon smuggling routes from Iran.
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Nine thousand U.S. and Iraqi troops have launched a fresh operation targeting militants in the Sunni Arab province of Anbar, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
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US warplanes struck a suspected insurgent hideout in rebel-held Falluja on Tuesday and US tanks and aircraft bombarded areas of northeastern Baghdad, stepping up military operations against guerrillas.
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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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Some 5,000 U.S. Marines, British troops and Iraqi forces launched a new offensive Tuesday aimed at clearing a swath of insurgent hotbeds across a cluster of dusty, small towns south of Baghdad.
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U.S. and Iraqi troops began major military operations today against Al Qaeda forces near Baghdad, while in the south, U.S. troops battled Shiite militants.