U.S. and Iraqi forces push into Ramadi
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A U.S. gunship fired at suspected insurgents as hundreds of U.S. and Iraqi troops pushed into an eastern section of one of Iraq&#039;s most violent cities early Monday, the latest step in a campaign to bolster their presence in neighborhoods largely under insurgent control.
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MOSUL: US and Iraqi forces launched an offensive in Mosul on Tuesday to retake control of rebel-held areas after a week of anarchy with insurgents rampaging through Iraq&#39;s third largest city.
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US and Iraqi forces battled their way into the heart of one of Iraq&#39;s key insurgency strongholds Friday in the first of a series of promised major offensives to regain control of areas lost to the rebels.
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WASHINGTON - US and Iraqi troops are now racing to crush the fighters who have now moved into Iraq&#39;s third largest city of Mosul.
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Clashes erupted between US forces and Iraqi fighters on Tuesday after two car bombs exploded in Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad. Ramadi is one of the Sunni Triangle cities where US and Iraqi forces are planning
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BAGHDAD - Iraq was on the brink of an all-out assault on rebel-held Fallujah yesterday as deadly clashes erupted between US troops and insurgents in the neighbouring city of Ramadi.
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BAGHDAD -- US and Iraqi forces pushed deeper into Sunni militant strongholds in Baghdad yesterday, coping with cars rigged with explosives, while British-led teams in southern Iraq used shipping containers to block suspected weapon smuggling routes from Iran.
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US and Iraqi forces have pushed on with their second major offensive in a week, hunting insurgents in a triangle southwest of Baghdad that has become one of Iraq&#39;s most notorious hot spots.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces on Wednesday raided a hospital in Ramadi that they suspect is a base for insurgents.
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AMERICAN marines were today poised for a &quot;decisive&quot; assault on the Iraqi cities of Fallujah and Ramadi. The troops aim to crush Sunni Muslim insurgents and Arab militants behind suicide bombings and beheadings of hostages.
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U.S. forces traded fire with insurgents in the Sunni stronghold of Ramadi following a series of raids, residents said Thursday, and at least eight people were reported killed.
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BAGHDAD : US and Iraqi forces swept rebel bastions south of Baghdad and pounded positions held by Iraq&#39;s most wanted, Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, in Fallujah, pressing on with a promised anti-insurgency crackdown as Iraq again took centre stage in the US
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RAMADI, Iraq - Six Iraqis were killed as violence flared in the flashpoint city of Ramadi on Monday as nearby Fallujah braced for an all-out assault with US and Iraqi troops massing in the rebel heartlands.
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RAMADI, Iraq - As US Marines and soldiers have blasted their way through Fallujah, another insurgent outpost has grown stronger 30 miles down the road in Ramadi.
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American forces pushed deeper into the last remaining insurgent stronghold in Fallujah today, and the Iraqi government rushed massive reinforcements to Mosul in the north, where police lost control in the face of insurgent attacks.
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Iraqi security forces, backed by US Marines and troops, Tuesday launched a series of raids on seven mosques in Ramadi, the US military said.
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MOSUL, IRAQ - US and Iraqi forces began an offensive Tuesday aimed at securing the northern city of Mosul, which has been partly overrun by insurgents.