Black Flags Are Deadly Signals as Cornered Rebels Fight Back
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The flags are the insurgents' answer to two-way radios, their way of massing the troops and concentrating fire on an enemy.
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A rebel counteroffensive swept through central and northern Iraq on Monday as American troops struggled to flush the remaining insurgents from the rubble-strewn streets of Falluja.
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American forces have been confounded by insurgents who have slipped away only to fight another day.
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Afghan and US-led troops killed more than 60 Taliban rebels in two days of fierce fighting, while two NATO soldiers died in separate clashes, officials said Monday.
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A rebel counteroffensive roiled central and northern Iraq today, as U.S. troops tried to flush the remaining insurgents from the debris-strewn cityscape of Falluja.
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Crosses, burned vehicles and blown-up bridges mark the narrow road that runs from a provincial capital to this village near the Venezuelan border &#151; the scars of a protracted and bitter battle between a right-wing paramilitary group and Marxist rebels for control of the region's cocaine industry.
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US forces backed by helicopter gunships killed 22 insurgents in southern Afghanistan, the US military said today. The fighting occurred late Sunday in Shinkay district of Zabul province, a hotbed
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Spy mania grips the Afghan rebels as top commanders fall victim to tip-offs by informers to coalition troops.
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Most of the Afghan forces fighting the government are "soft Taliban," some adherents  claim. But "hard Taliban" are calling the shots
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 22 -- Insurgents ambushed a bus carrying construction workers in the country's volatile south Friday, killing 19 of the laborers, and Afghan and NATO forces said they killed 35 Taliban guerrillas in two firefights.
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Commanders are arming groups that have promised to fight militants who have been their allies in the past.
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Fear of fresh conflict as renegade general turns guns on government forces.
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FALLUJAH - United States forces battled rebels in Iraq&#39;s militant stronghold of Fallujah last night as American tanks, armoured personnel carriers and Humvee vehicles gathered on a highway on its outskirts.
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As Sudan-backed rebels march on capital, the West faces a dilemma: Either back a repressive regime, or allow a victory for the tormentors of Darfur
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Fierce guerrilla attacks in Iraq and  U.S. assaults on rebel bastions have unleashed a new wave of  bloodshed that threatens to discredit the interim government  and undermine prospects for fair elections in January.
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Fighting spread in Pakistan's volatile borderlands on Friday as the military pounded hideouts of Taliban militants who had hijacked ammunition supply trucks, killing up to 30 suspected rebels, the army said.
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Suspected rebel positions on the outskirts of Falluja are being attacked despite UN Secretary General Kofi Annan warning against an assault. Send us your views.