US, Iraqis raid foreign fighters
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Baghad -- Two suicide car bombs exploded in the capital Friday morning as Iraqi security forces -- backed by US soldiers in humvees and Bradley fighting vehicles -- raided residences in a neighborhood suspected of being a stronghold for foreign fighters
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More than 3,000 US and Iraqi forces launched a major operation Tuesday against insurgent strongholds just south of Baghdad, their second mission in five days to wrest control
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US forces stepped up operations yesterday across a wide swath of the Sunni insurgent strongholds northwest of the capital, pounding targets in three urban centers from the air and supporting Iraqi troops in raids on mosques suspected of harboring
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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 operations against guerrilla strongholds.
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BAGHDAD - US and Iraqi forces, backed by Polish Army helicopters, swept through Shi'ite militia strongholds south of Baghdad yesterday, rounding up dozens of militants and killing two.
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US forces traded fire with insurgents in the Sunni stronghold of Ramadi following a series of raids, residents said Thursday, and at least eight people were reported killed.
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More than 3,000 US and Iraqi forces launched an offensive on another rebel enclave in Iraq as Prime Minister Iyad Allawi pledged new plans to crush insurgents before promised January elections.
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More than 3,000 U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a major operation Tuesday against insurgent strongholds just south of Baghdad, their second mission in five days to wrest control from militants whose attacks threaten national elections seen as crucial to stabilizing this turbulent country.
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BAGHDAD -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq condemned a US raid yesterday in Sadr City, Baghdad's Shi'ite slum district , in which American troops searching for Iranian-linked militants sparked a firefight that left 26 Iraqis dead.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces on Wednesday raided a hospital in Ramadi that they suspect is a base for insurgents.
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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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BAGHDAD -- A convergence of organized crime and political violence that targets Iraqis for cash is also fueling the high-profile seizures of foreigners like Eugene Armstrong and Jack Hensley, the Americans beheaded by militants this week, US officials say.
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BAGHDAD US jets on Thursday pounded the insurgent stronghold of Falluja and a northern town suspected of being on a major smuggling route for foreign fighters, killing dozens of people in the two attacks, the US military and Iraqi authorities said.
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US and Iraqi forces have pressed on with aggressive raids against Sunni Muslim insurgents in towns southwest of Baghdad, racing against time to quell rebellion in time for an election in January.
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US troops went on the offensive from the gates of Baghdad to the Syrian border, pounding Sunni insurgent positions from the air and supporting Iraqi soldiers in raids on mosques suspected of harboring extremists.
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U.S. warplanes have bombed a suspected insurgent hideout in rebel-held Falluja as U.S. tanks and aircraft bombarded areas of northeastern Baghdad, stepping up military operations against guerrillas.
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More than 2,000 US and Iraqi troops are targeting insurgents in the northern section of Babil province, the US military announced Thursday.