Iraq to widen arms amnesty and bring Fallujah to heel
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BAGHDAD: Iraq announced plans Monday to roll out an arms-for-cash program across the country as hopes of fresh talks to avert a US military showdown in the Iraqi rebel hub of
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American commanders in Iraq say they are preparing operations to open up rebel-held areas, especially Falluja, the restive city west of Baghdad now under control of insurgents and Islamist groups.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Iraq&#39;s prime minister says his forces &quot;will not be lenient&quot; in a crackdown on Fallujah if the city doesn&#39;t turn over a notorious Jordanian militant.
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BAGHDAD -- Ayad Allawi, Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister announced plans yesterday to extend a cash-for-weapons program for Shiite fighters in Baghdad&#39;s Sadr City to cities countrywide in an attempt to disarm the country.
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Prime Minister Ayad Allawi of Iraq said today that a weapons-for-cash program in Baghdad would be expanded nationwide. Militiamen loyal to the rebel Shiite
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Iraq may modify plans for its first free election to give people more time to vote next month, officials said on Wednesday as suicide bombers and gunmen again struck Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital.
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The program will be extended across Iraq in an effort to disarm Shiite militiamen and promote stability before national elections.
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U.S. jets struck Fallujah with five air raids in 12 hours, softening up the insurgent stronghold for an expected major assault, as Iraq's prime minister warned that the "window is closing" for a peaceful settlement to avert a mass assault on the insurgent-held city of Fallujah.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi forces will expand their security operation into eastern Baghdad -- including Shi'ite militia strongholds -- the Defense Ministry said yesterday, a day after a barrage of coordinated attacks across those areas killed 64 people and wounded 286.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi announced plans yesterday to extend a cash-for-weapons program for Shi'ite fighters in Baghdad's Sadr City to cities nationwide in an attempt to disarm the country.
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Iraqi Shia militiamen in the Sadr City area of Baghdad are due to start handing in heavy weapons on Monday, under a deal with the government.
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Iraqi insurgents have extended their reach over large swaths of the country, including sections of the capital, making it unlikely the United States can
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Baghdad, Iraqâ Residents of Baghdad&#39;s Sadr City district slowly began to turn in weapons Monday, the first step in a process that US and Iraqi officials hope will lead to a permanent end to fighting in the insurgent-controlled slum.
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Residents of the devastated city of Fallujah will begin returning to their homes later this week in several stages, and each family will be compensated for damages caused by recent fighting between US troops and insurgents, Iraqi&#39;s
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Residents of Baghdad&#39;s Sadr City district slowly began to turn in weapons yesterday, the first step in a process that US and Iraqi officials hope
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Iraq's prime minister says an arms-for-cash scheme that started in Baghdad last week will be extended to other areas.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq : Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi authorised US and Iraqi forces to launch an assault to regain control of the rebel-held city of Fallujah as troops seized key positions in bitter fighting on its outskirts.