U.S. says 10,000 troops in major Iraq offensive
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The U.S. military deployed 10,000 soldiers backed by attack helicopters in an offensive against al Qaeda north of Baghdad on Tuesday, in one of the biggest operations since the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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The US military says 10,000 US and Iraqi troops are moving against al-Qaeda networks north of Baghdad.
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The U.S. military kicked off a  buildup of forces in Iraq by 12,000 troops on Friday, with  soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division leaving Fort Bragg,  North Carolina to boost security for Jan. 30 Iraqi elections.
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The Defense Department will increase the number of troops in Iraq by 12,000, Joint Staff officials said at a Pentagon news conference today.
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WASHINGTON - The United States is strengthening its military presence in Iraq to 150,000, ordering more soldiers to the country and extending the stay of some combat units already stationed there.
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ZAHMM, Iraq, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. military launched a major offensive early Tuesday against one of the largest known redoubts of al-Qaeda in Iraq, part of a new nationwide campaign to destroy remaining pockets of the Sunni insurgency.
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BAGHDAD: More than 3,000 US and Iraqi troops launched an operation in the southern approaches to Baghdad yesterday, seizing a possible insurgent training camp and capturing more than 160 suspected rebels, the US military command said.
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The American military presence in Iraq will grow by nearly 12,000 troops by next month, to 150,000, the highest level since the invasion last year, to
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The top U.S. commander in Iraq on Monday said the number of U.S. troops in Iraq could be cut by next summer to roughly 130,000, its level before this year's "surge" of 30,000 forces, without jeopardizing security improvements.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces have killed or  captured 15,000 people over the past year in their fight  against an insurgency ravaging Iraq, the commander of U.S.  forces in the country said Wednesday.
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The United States is expanding its military force in Iraq to the highest level of the war &#151; even higher than during the initial invasion in March 2003 &#151; in order to bolster security in advance of next month's national elections.
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U.S. warplanes pounded Fallujah late Friday in what residents called the strongest attacks in months, as more than 10,000 American soldiers and Marines massed for an expected assault. Iraq's prime minister warned the "window is closing" to avert an offensive.
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The U.S. military kicked off a  buildup of forces in Iraq by 12,000 troops on Friday as 82nd  Airborne Division soldiers began leaving Fort Bragg, North  Carolina, to boost security for Jan. 30 Iraqi elections.
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The U.S. military, which just days ago completed its latest troop buildup in Iraq, has launched a large offensive operation in several al-Qaida strongholds around Baghdad, the top U.S. commander said Saturday.
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The major  U.S. offensive launched last weekend against insurgents in and around Baghdad has significantly expanded the military's battleground in Iraq -- "a surge of operations," and no longer just of troops, as the second-ranking U.S. commander there said yesterday -- but it has renewed concerns...
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Ten U.S. troops and two Iraqi troops  fighting alongside the Americans have been killed in the  offensive to take control of the rebel-held city Falluja, U.S.  military spokesmen said on Tuesday.
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Thousands of U.S. troops and Iraqi  forces pursued a campaign of raids on suspected guerrilla bases  in Sunni Muslim towns and villages south of Baghdad on  Wednesday, the U.S. military said.