Mosul to be "cleansed" of al Qaeda: Iraq
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Iraq said on Wednesday it was determined to "cleanse" its northern city of Mosul of al Qaeda fighters but its U.S. backers said a planned operation might not deal the decisive blow that Baghdad wanted.
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Al Qaeda vowed to pursue "holy war" in  Iraq on Monday after failing to wreck elections, and Prime  Minister Iyad Allawi urged rival ethnic and religious groups to  unite after the first multi-party vote in 50 years.
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American forces in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul say they are restoring calm in the city, despite fresh violence.
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U.S. troops launched fresh raids Thursday around the northern city of Mosul to rein in guerillas who have threatened to disrupt the upcoming election. Iraqi forces sealed off main routes into Baghdad one day after a wave of car bombings rocked the capital.
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U.S. and Iraqi commanders on Saturday hailed a big improvement in security over the past year, while al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden accused the Americans of seeking to exploit Iraq's oil wealth.
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Al Qaeda vowed to pursue "holy war" in  Iraq Monday after failing to wreck elections, and Prime  Minister Iyad Allawi urged rival ethnic and religious groups to  unite after the first multi-party vote in 50 years.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Phillip Reeves reports from Mosul in northern Iraq, where American forces have been combating insurgents this past week.
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U.S. forces in Iraq are focusing their latest major operation on al Qaeda guerrillas who regrouped north of Baghdad after fleeing other parts of the country, the U.S. commander for northern Iraq said on Wednesday.
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 27 -- The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David H. Petraeus, said Saturday that the Sunni insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq has been disrupted and no longer operates in large numbers in any neighborhood of the capital.
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The U.S. military expects al Qaeda in Iraq to strike back with "spectacular attacks" after major U.S.-led offensives that have disrupted its activities, a military spokesman said on Wednesday.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 7 -- Al-Qaeda's new leader in Iraq called on insurgent groups to unite against the U.S. occupation and vowed to avenge the death of his predecessor Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, according to an audio tape broadcast on an Arabic television network Thursday night.
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Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden said the United States wants to create a new national unity government in Iraq to control Iraqi oil, build military bases, and dominate the region.
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On the second day of increased US and Iraqi security operations in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the overall status of the community Wednesday morning is calm, a US military spokeswoman said.
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Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden called for insurgents in Iraq to unite and avoid divisions in a new audiotape aired Monday on Al-Jazeera television.
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Al Qaeda's new leader called on Muslims   to unify ranks with insurgents in Iraq, according to an audio   tape aired by Al Jazeera television on Thursday.
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Iraq's prime minister said today his country's troops are on their way to the northern city of Mosul for a "decisive" confrontation with militants there.
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BAGHDAD, July 5 -- The No. 2 leader of al-Qaeda, in a lengthy video released Thursday, called on Muslims in Iraq to unite against their enemies, at a time when rifts have opened between some Sunni insurgent groups in Iraq and the U.S. military has detained individuals it says are senior members of...