Iraq Gives Rebels Hours to Give Up, Battle Rages
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraq warned Shi'ite rebels besieged  in a holy shrine in the city of Najaf to surrender or face an  attack later on Tuesday that would "wipe them out," as  government forces entered the battle zone for the first time.
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As rebels, soldiers and pro-government militia fight on, civilians pay the price
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called today for his followers across Iraq to end fighting against US and Iraqi forces, an al-Sadr aide said.
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About 15 rebels have been killed by Iraqi and US forces over a 24-hour period in Mosul, while the United States plans Friday to further strengthen troops in Iraq.
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A major assault by US forces to wrest control of the rebel-held town of Falluja loomed closer yesterday after Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, warned that his &quot;patience was running thin&quot; with talks to find a peaceful solution.
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US troops fought insurgents on the outskirts of Fallujah early today as a full military assault appeared imminent. The offensive began hours after the Iraqi government declared 60 days of emergency rule throughout
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Shiite militiamen battled Iraqi forces for 12 hours Monday, leaving at least 40 people dead and underlining the government's struggle to rein in an anti-U.S. cleric. The U.S. announced nine soldiers killed over the weekend in separate fighting.
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EXHAUSTED, hungry and unable to treat their wounded, rebels and residents in Fallujah were holed up today in the south of the battle-torn city where US-led forces hunted final pockets of resistance.
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How insurgents turned a neighborhood into a battle zone in which U.S. troops have to fight for their lives
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. troops fought to crush  resistance in the Iraqi city of Falluja on Thursday, but rebels  hit back with an armed rampage in Mosul and a car bomb that  killed 17 people in a crowded Baghdad street.
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SAMARRA, Iraq Oct. 2, 2004 - Sporadic gunfire echoed through this Sunni Muslim stronghold Saturday as US and Iraqi forces battled pockets of resistance a day after launching what appeared to be the first
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi forces hunted  rebels in the devastated Iraqi city of Falluja on Sunday as  fighting subsided after a ferocious six-day-old assault.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq  - Rebels battled for their lives in Fallujah as US troops closed in for the kill, while 10 people died in a Baghdad car bomb and two US helicopters were forced to land under a hail of bullets.
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 26 -- Gunfights broke out and mortar shells came crashing down on parts of the capital Sunday despite a three-day-old curfew and appeals for calm from Iraq's top Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish political leaders.
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MAHMUDIYA, Iraq : US troops battled rebels in the northern town of Tall Afar for a second day as Iraqi and US forces arrested 500 suspected militants in the heartland of the Sunni Muslim insurgency.
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5 November 2004 -- Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister says time is running out for a peaceful solution to the standoff with insurgents in the western Iraqi city of Al-Fallujah.
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IRAQ was on the brink of an all-out assault on rebel-held Fallujah today as deadly clashes erupted between US troops and insurgents in the neighbouring city of Ramadi.