As skirmishes continue, Marines seek delay in civiliansâ return ...
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CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq - Marines continue to battle pockets of insurgents in Fallujah at the start of what could be a crucial week for American policy in the rebellious city.
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U.S. Marines clashed with insurgents in the battered city of Fallujah on Thursday with warplanes dropping bombs and tanks shelling suspected guerrilla positions on a day when a first group of residents displaced by fighting were scheduled to return.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Six months after US Marines arrived with a promise to win over this rebel stronghold through intense outreach and focused military strikes, the city is &quot;a cancer&quot; that threatens to spread chaos around Iraq, Marine commanders said this week in a frank assessment.
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BAGHDAD - Leading Iraqi politicians called Friday for a six-month delay in the Jan. 30 election because of the spiraling violence as US forces uncovered more bodies in the northern city of Mosul, apparent
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Several disagreements regarding the deployment of Lebanese and U.N. forces in southern Lebanon have delayed a final Israeli troop withdrawal from that country, Israeli military officials said Thursday.
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The troops, who are doing humanitarian work, were due to leave by 14 December. But the deadline may be extended, according to a government spokesman.
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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif., June 1 -- In the week after Marines killed 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq, an angry group of townspeople went to the local military base alleging a "crime of war" and demanding an investigation, a military prosecutor said Friday.
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As rebels, soldiers and pro-government militia fight on, civilians pay the price
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It has been a bloody day in parts of central Iraq, with at least 19 Iraqis and eight US Marines killed in fresh violence. In one of the worst days for US troops, the military says eight Marines
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A year after they returned home, members of a badly battered Marine Corps unit are still finding it hard to adjust to their civilian lives.
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US marines faced a tough fight Thursday as insurgents began a counterattack timed with an Islamic holy night.
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A man argues with a US and Iraqi soldiers as he waits to be allowed to enter Fallujah on the city limits Thursday, Dec. 23, 2004 as first of the town&#39;s 300,000 residents who fled last month&#39;s US lead offensive started returning.
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As sectarian violence continues, the US military cautions that results of its Baghdad troop 'surge' will take time.
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The mounting insurgency in Iraq has claimed the lives of more than 30 Iraqi civilians and security forces during the past two days.
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Officials say at least 42 insurgents have been killed so far. Two US Marines were killed in a vehicle accident. The American and Iraqi forces are trying to take back the city -- from insurgents
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Two Marines were severely traumatized when told to photograph the corpses of men, women and children after members of their unit allegedly killed as many as two dozen unarmed Iraqi civilians, their families said Monday.
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Leading Iraqi politicians called Friday for a six-month delay in the Jan. 30 election because of the spiraling violence as U.S. forces uncovered more bodies in the northern city of Mosul, apparent victims of an ...