US Pursues Samarra Offensive; 5 Dead, 20 Wounded
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US and Iraqi forces pushed on with their offensive against insurgents in the town of Samarra overnight, killing five people and wounding 20 in the fighting, a doctor at a local hospital said Saturday.
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 8. - Insurgents launched a string of assaults around Samarra today, trading gunfire with US forces, attacking a convoy, and blowing up a police station after looting its armoury, officials said.
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American forces have stormed the rebel-held town of Samarra, claiming more than 100 insurgents killed, as coalition forces try to establish control in the Sunni triangle.
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - At least six civilians were  killed and 11 U.S. troops wounded in clashes in Samarra on  Wednesday, a northern Iraqi town the U.S. military said it had  pacified following an offensive earlier this month.
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SAMARRA, Oct 2: The US-led forces, backed by Warplanes, tightened their grip on the guerilla stronghold of Samarra on Saturday, claiming they had killed 125 militants in one of the largest offensives since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces stormed Samarra  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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More than 4,000 American and Iraqi soldiers mounted a military assault on the insurgent-held city of Samarra.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The US military said 20 American soldiers have been wounded Saturday in Iraq in the insurgent stronghold city of Ramadi.
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Baghdad, Oct. 1 (NNN): At least 100 people, including 80 insurgents were killed and hundreds others injured as the US military launched a major offensive to re-take the northern Iraqi city of Samarra, about 100 kilometres north of the capital, Baghdad.
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SAMARRA, Iraq - Afraid to stray from home, residents buried the dead in their gardens Saturday as U.S. and Iraqi forces battled pockets of resistance in this former insurgent stronghold, where the American military said 125 rebels were killed and 88 captured in two days of fierce fighting...
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US and Iraqi forces tightened their grip on Samarra Saturday, pushing ahead with one of the largest offensives since the fall of Saddam Hussein to try to regain control of the rebel stronghold.
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American forces began an offensive to seize back control of the Iraqi city of Samarra yesterday, claiming to have killed almost 100 insurgents in several hours of bombing raids and street fighting.
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Heavy gunfire and explosions rocked Samarra as US and Iraqi forces launched a major assault Friday to retake control of the insurgent stronghold north of the capital.
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US and Iraqi forces launched a major assault Friday to regain control of the insurgent stronghold of Samarra, and hospital officials said at least 21 people were killed and 35 wounded.
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United States forces have launched a major offensive against the rebel stronghold of Samarra after a series of horrific car bombings in Baghdad that killed 41 people, mostly children.
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SAMARRA, Iraq -- US and Iraqi forces on Sunday were mopping up in Samarra, searching for holdouts after two days of fierce fighting to reclaim control of the city from Sunni militants.
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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.