US-Led Forces Claim Victory After Samarra Blitz
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US-led forces on Sunday declared victory in Samarra, the first step of a drive to take back all Iraq&#39;s rebel-held areas before elections in January.
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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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Iraqi security forces and American troops have been patrolling the battered streets of Samarra as normal life began returning after a US-led assault wrested the city from rebels.
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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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MORE than 80 militants were killed today as United States and Iraqi forces pushed into Samarra to wrest control of the northern town back from insurgents.
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US and Iraqi forces say they control of three-quarters of Falluja after two days of fighting with insurgents.
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U.S. and Iraqi troops took control  of government and police buildings in the rebel Iraqi  stronghold of Samarra early on Friday, the U.S. military said.
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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 80 people were killed and 100 wounded.
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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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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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US military officials yesterday said they had regained control over the insurgent stronghold of Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad, recording a big
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SAMARRA, Iraq -- Iraqi security forces are patrolling the Sunni Triangle city of Samarra after US and Iraqi soldiers claimed victory in retaking the city from insurgent forces.
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US and Iraqi forces seized control of more than 70 percent of Fallujah on Wednesday, according to troops who described encountering small pockets of resistance as
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SAMARRA, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi forces scoured Samarra for holdouts on Sunday after reclaiming control of the city from Sunni militants in fierce fighting that won praise for Iraqi troops...
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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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SAMARRA, Iraq - US and Iraqi forces tightened their grip on Samarra on Saturday, pressing on 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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SAMARRA, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces on Sunday  declared victory in Samarra, the first step of a drive to take  back all Iraq's rebel-held areas before elections in January.