Soldier Killed in Samarra, Mosque Seized, US Says
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One US soldier was killed and four were wounded during an assault alongside Iraqi forces to regain control of the city of Samarra, an insurgent stronghold north of Baghdad, the US military said in an e-mailed statement.
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The US military in Iraq says an associate of wanted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been killed in an airstrike launched after a wave of violence left 11 people dead Monday.
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BAGHDAD -- Nine US soldiers and Marines were killed in Iraq on Tuesday, and the military was investigating whether the body of a man found in the Euphrates River early yesterday was that of an American soldier abducted during a deadly ambush south of Baghdad almost two weeks ago, US officials said.
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Philippine troops kill an Islamist militant wanted by the US after raiding his safe house, officials say.
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Attackers fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a U.S. military vehicle in the Iraqi capital on Saturday, killing one American soldier, the military said.
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A US Marine was killed in action on Saturday in the volatile al-Anbar province west of Baghdad, a military statement said. The statement gave no further details.
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces stormed Samarra  Friday and said nearly 100 guerrillas were killed in air  strikes and street-to-street combat during a major new American  offensive to wrest control of the Iraqi town.
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BAGHDAD -- American and Iraqi forces seized control of key sections of the northern city of Samarra yesterday, killing about 100 insurgents and capturing 37 in fierce street-to-street combat, an Iraqi minister and the US military said.
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The US military said it killed 80 insurgents during an offensive launched early today to regain control of the rebellious Iraqi town of Samarra.
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. US-led forces backed by warplanes tightened their grip on the Iraqi city of Samarra Saturday, saying they had killed 125 &quot;rebels&quot; while Iraqi witnesses say they
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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi troops backed by US soldiers raided the most revered Sunni Muslim mosque in Iraq's capital, setting off stun grenades, arresting dozens, and leaving at least two people dead, according to witnesses and a hospital official.
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A US soldier was killed yesterday in a roadside bomb attack on a military vehicle north of Baghdad while two marines were killed Thursday in the western Iraqi city of Fallujah, the US military said.
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The US military says it has killed more than 130 insurgents in two days of fighting in Samarra, but locals say many civilians are among the dead.
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Baghdad, Oct. 3 (NNN): US and Iraqi forces claim to have tightened their grip on Samarra after an operation that began on Friday that reportedly left over 125 rebels dead.
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U.S.-led forces stormed Samarra Friday and said more than 100 guerrillas were killed in air strikes and street-to-street combat during a major new American offensive to wrest control of the Iraqi town.
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US and Iraqi forces have pushed into Samarra to wrest control of the northern town back from insurgents, and the American military said 80 militants were killed in hours of fierce street fighting and air strikes.
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US forces battled insurgents loyal to Shi&#39;ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City on Tuesday, killing at least 34 people, including one American soldier, and injuring 193 people, US and Iraqi authorities said.