U.S., Iraqi Forces Take Key Samarra Buildings
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U.S. and Iraqi troops took control of government and police buildings in Samarra early on Friday after insurgents had undermined security in the Iraqi city, the U.S. military said.
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SAMARRA, OCTOBER 3: US and Iraqi forces on Sunday declared victory in Samarra, the first step of a drive to take back all of Iraqâs rebel-held areas before elections due in January.
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SAMARRA, Iraq - Sporadic gunfire echoed through this Sunni Muslim stronghold Saturday as U.S. and Iraqi forces battled pockets of resistance a day after launching what appeared to be the first major push to regain control of a string of cities before elections in January...
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces tightened their  grip on a rebel-held city on Sunday in the first step of a  campaign to take back all of Iraq but ignited complaints about  the cost in lives and suffering.
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SAMARRA, Iraq, Oct 2  - US and Iraqi officials said the rebel city of Samarra was largely under control on Saturday after one of their largest post-war military offensives in Iraq, while US warplanes rocked the rebel town of Fallujah, another hotspot
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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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U.S. forces have launched a major  offensive on the rebel stronghold of Samarra after a series of  horrific car bombings in Baghdad on Thursday that killed 41  people, mostly children.
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US and Iraqi forces have pushed into Samarra to wrest control of the northern town back from insurgents, and the American military said 80 militants were killed in hours of fierce street fighting and air strikes.
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Hundreds of Iraqi and U.S. troops cordoned off sections of Baghdad's Sadr City slum early Wednesday
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SAMARRA, Iraq - Iraqi security forces patrolled the streets, and U.S. troops went door to door searching for weapons and fighters Sunday after the military claimed success in wresting control of Samarra from Sunni insurgents in fierce fighting...
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US forces in Iraq on Friday launched a big offensive in the rebel strongold of Samarra and said they had secured key government and police buildings.
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces stormed Samarra  on Friday and said nearly 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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Waving white flags, Iraqis fled the city of Samarra on river boats on Sunday as US forces claimed victory over insurgents in the first step of an offensive aimed at taking control of rebel-held cities and that left 125 people dead.
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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, trading gunfire with rebel fighters as they pushed toward the city center...
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces stormed Samarra  on Friday and said at least 80 guerrillas were killed in air  strikes and street-to-street combat during a major new  offensive to wrest control of the Iraqi town.
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US and Iraqi forces scoured Samarra for holdouts on Sunday after two days of fierce fighting to reclaim control of the city from Sunni militants.
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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.