U.S. General: Iraqi Insurgents Aim for Big Attack
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Iraqi insurgents appear to be  holding back on their violence in order to make a "more  spectacular" attack just before or on next Sunday's national  elections, a U.S. general said on Monday.
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More than 2,000 US and Iraqi troops are targeting insurgents in the northern section of Babil province, the US military announced Thursday.
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Insurgent attacks have risen in western Iraq but Iraqi troops are beginning to take responsibility for a bigger area of Iraq's most troubled province, the top Marine commander in Iraq said Wednesday.
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U.S. forces accompanied by the Iraqi  national guard launched a major offensive against insurgents in  the northern Iraqi city of Samarra Thursday, CNN reported.
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A spate of bombings is evidence that militants have begun an offensive they had threatened, a U.S. general said.
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U.S. commanders in Iraq say the insurgents are on the run. The problem is that when they're chased from one place, like Fallujah, they pop up in another, to deadly effect.
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Well-armed insurgents will retreat into the heart of Falluja before making a stand against US and Iraqi troops aiming to take control of the city, the top American officer in Iraq predicted on Monday.
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A top U.S. general said on Thursday insurgents in Iraq were using crude chemical bombs in a new campaign to create instability, as U.S. and Iraqi forces stepped up a security crackdown in Baghdad.
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A U.S.-backed Iraqi security plan seen as a last-ditch attempt to halt violence in Baghdad will not produce results overnight, a U.S. general warned on Sunday, after a one-ton suicide truck bomb killed 135 people.
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Iraqi insurgents have reduced the level  of violence in recent days, but may be planning a "more  spectacular" attack just before or during Sunday's elections, a  U.S. general said on Monday.
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The major  U.S. offensive launched last weekend against insurgents in and around Baghdad has significantly expanded the military's battleground in Iraq -- "a surge of operations," and no longer just of troops, as the second-ranking U.S. commander there said yesterday -- but it has renewed concerns...
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The new push by U.S. and Iraqi forces to reverse a rising tide of violence in Baghdad will target four violent "hotspots" in the city, the American general in charge of the plan said Saturday.
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The U.S. military is enlisting hundreds of fighters each day from tribal and insurgent groups in alliances aimed at countering al-Qaeda in Iraq, the top U.S. general in Baghdad said yesterday, calling it a "very positive development" but one that requires caution to ensure it works to promote sec...
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Sunni extremists may try a series of high-profile attacks ahead of a September report to Congress on progress in Iraq, the top U.S. commander said Saturday, recalling the Tet offensive that torpedoed support for the Vietnam War.
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A U.S. commander warned al Qaeda ally  Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a driving force behind escalating attacks  in the buildup to Iraq's election, that American troops were on  his trail and would capture or kill him sooner or later.
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The top U.S. commander in Iraq on Monday predicted a "major confrontation" on the streets of Fallujah as a U.S.-led force of as many as 15,000 troops pressed to retake control of the Sunni Muslim city.
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American forces are gearing up for a major operation in the insurgent bastion of Fallujah, where up to 5,000 Islamic militants, Saddam Hussein loyalists and common criminals are hunkered down, U.S. officers said Friday.