U.S., Iraqi Forces Mop Up in Samarra
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SAMARRA, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi forces scoured Samarra for holdouts on Sunday after reclaiming control of the city from Sunni militants in fierce fighting that won praise for Iraqi troops...
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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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US and Iraqi forces tightened their grip on the rebel stronghold of Samarra on Saturday with one of the largest offensives since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
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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 forces have swept through parts of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in an operation to flush out insurgents and retake captured police stations.
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SAMARRA, Iraq - 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 21 people were killed and 35 wounded...
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US and Iraqi troops subdued the insurgent stronghold of Samarra this weekend, part of a new military push.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces pushed into  Samarra on Friday to wrest control of the northern town back  from insurgents, and the American military said 80 militants  were killed in hours of fierce street fighting and air strikes.
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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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US and Iraqi forces tightened their grip on Samarra Saturday, pushing ahead 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 - Iraqi security forces patrolled the streets, and U.S. 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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They're scenes all too familiar in Iraq: shattered buildings, mangled cars, pools of blood. The carnage takes its toll on the landscape &#151; and those responsible for cleaning up the mess.
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A heavily armored force of 3,000 US troops, followed by 2,000 Iraqi soldiers, police officers, commandos and National Guardsmen, swept into Samarra on Friday to confront insurgents
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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 launching what appeared to be the first major push to regain control of a string of cities before elections in January...
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For the first time since late Thursday residents of the Iraqi city of Samarra are emerging onto streets that were deserted during a joint US-Iraqi military operation against several-hundred armed insurgents.
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SAMARRA (Iraq) - Bloodied by weeks of suicide bomb attacks and assassinations, Iraqi security forces emerged on Sunday to patrol the streets of Samarra after a morale-boosting victory in this Sunni Triangle city.
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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.