Victorious Iraqi forces patrol Samarra
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SAMARRA, Iraq -- Bloodied by weeks of suicide bombings and assassinations, Iraqi security forces emerged yesterday to patrol Samarra after a morale-boosting victory in this Sunni Triangle city, and US commanders praised their performance.
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BAGHDAD -- American and Iraqi forces seized control of key sections of the northern city of Samarra yesterday, killing about 100 insurgents and capturing 37 in fierce street-to-street combat, an Iraqi minister and the US military said.
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces stormed Samarra  Friday and said more than 100 guerrillas were killed in air  strikes and street-to-street combat during a major new American  offensive to wrest control of the Iraqi town.
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US and Iraqi forces announced they seized control of the Iraqi city Samarra on Saturday, after engaging in fierce battles with anti-occupation fighters.
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US and Iraqi forces are conducting a major offensive to root out insurgents in the central Iraqi city of Samarra. In the largest operation seen in the city in several months, an estimated
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Samarra - An uneasy calm reigned over this former Sunni militant stronghold on Sunday as United States and Iraqi forces conducted mopping-up operations after two days of fierce fighting.
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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 - US and Iraqi forces in Samarra on Sunday finished retaking the last insurgent-controlled neighborhood, completing a relentless three-day push through this ancient city in a first step toward wresting control of important central Iraqi
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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 80 people were killed and 100 wounded...
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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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A top US commander said US and Iraqi forces have killed 125 insurgents and captured 88 others in Samarra. faced a couple of hundred &quot;thugs.
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U.S. and Iraqi troops surged into the rebel-controlled city of Samarra Friday, killing more than 90 insurgents in house-to-house combat supported by airstrikes and armor.
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Iraqi forces for the first time took over security responsibility for an entire province Thursday, a milestone in the American plan to transfer control of the entire country by the end of next year.
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U.S. forces accompanied by the Iraqi  national guard launched a major offensive against insurgents in  the northern Iraqi city of Samarra Thursday, CNN reported.
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Bloodied by weeks of suicide bombings and assassinations, Iraqi security forces emerged Sunday to patrol Samarra after a morale-boosting victory in this Sunni Triangle city, and U.S. commanders praised their performance.
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SAMARRA, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi forces battled their way into the heart of this Sunni stronghold Friday and moved house to house in search of militants in what appeared to be the first major offensive to regain control of areas lost to insurgents before the January elections...
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The operation to hand over security in Basra to Iraqi forces has been completed and successful, Tony Blair says.