US troops launch offensive as 29 die in insurgent ambush of elite ...
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US forces launched a new offensive Wednesday against insurgents in an area south of Baghdad dubbed the &#39;&#39;triangle of death,&#39;&#39; while
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A frontal assault on US troops by dozens of Iraqi insurgents in Mosul left an American soldier and about 25 guerrillas dead in one of the boldest attacks yet on occupying forces in Iraq.
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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 3,000 US and Iraqi soldiers started a major operation yesterday against insurgent strongholds just south of Baghdad, their second mission in five days to take control from militants whose attacks threaten national elections seen as crucial to
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_ Insurgents lured police to a house in west Baghdad with an anonymous tip about a rebel hideout, then set off explosives, killing at least 29 people and wounding 18 in the latest in a series of deadly strikes against Iraqi security
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The US military launched an offensive on Thursday to drive insurgents out of the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, and doctors said 17 people were killed and 51 wounded in heavy fighting.
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Some 5,000 U.S. Marines, British troops and Iraqi forces launched a new offensive Tuesday aimed at clearing a swath of insurgent hotbeds across a cluster of dusty, small towns south of Baghdad.
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many people were killed. The US military last week claimed to have killed around 100 of Zarqawi&#39;s. militiamen who have the area largely under their control.
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IRAQI insurgents launched one of their boldest attacks yet on US troops, trying to wipe out an entire American unit with a mixture of terrorist tactics and guerrilla ambush.
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BAGHDAD -- Insurgents launched a fiery raid on a recently opened US outpost north of the capital yesterday morning, killing two US soldiers and injuring 17 troops in a possible foreshadowing of attacks to come as a neighborhood-based Baghdad security plan takes shape.
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Officials say at least 42 insurgents have been killed so far. Two US Marines were killed in a vehicle accident. The American and Iraqi forces are trying to take back the city -- from insurgents
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US troops have begun a new offensive to hunt Taliban and al-Qaeda militants through the harsh Afghan winter, aiming to sap their strength ahead of planned spring elections, the American military said today.
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Insurgents tried to break through the US cordon surrounding Fallujah today as American forces launched an offensive against militants in the south of the city.
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American forces in Iraq launched a fresh offensive today against the terrorists responsible for the murder of British hostage Ken Bigley and two US captives.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - More than 3,000 U.S. and Iraqi troops launched an operation in the southern approaches to Baghdad on Tuesday, seizing a suspected insurgent training camp and capturing more than 160 alleged rebels, the U.S...
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At least 22 suspected militants killed in offensive involving about 10,000 US troops.
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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, and hospital officials said at least 21 people were killed and 35 wounded...