US-led forces tighten hold on Iraq rebel town
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SAMARRA, Iraq - US and Iraqi forces tightened their grip on Samarra on Saturday, pressing on with one of the largest offensives since the fall of Saddam Hussein to try to regain control of the rebel stronghold.
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US and Iraqi forces say they control of three-quarters of Falluja after two days of fighting with insurgents.
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U.S.-led forces backed by warplanes tightened their grip on the rebel stronghold of Samarra Saturday, saying they had killed 125 rebels in one of the largest offensives since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
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U.S. forces have controlled Tall Afar since Sunday, after deadly battles last week. On Tuesday, soldiers, led by an Iraqi known as "The Source," reopened the city and searched for insurgents.
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US forces have dispatched troopsfrom the battleground around Iraq&#39;s rebellion bastion of Fallujahto the northern city of Mosul, which has partially fallen intohands of insurgents, the US military said on Saturday.
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US forces stepped up operations yesterday across a wide swath of the Sunni insurgent strongholds northwest of the capital, pounding targets in three urban centers from the air and supporting Iraqi troops in raids on mosques suspected of harboring
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U.S. offensives in rebel-held Iraqi  cities in recent weeks are part of a major push to wrest them  from insurgents before the end of December to allow local  security forces to oversee elections, U.S. commanders said.
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American commanders in Iraq say they are preparing operations to open up rebel-held areas, especially Falluja, the restive city west of Baghdad now under control of insurgents and Islamist groups.
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US and Iraqi forces scoured Samarra for holdouts on Sunday after two days of fierce fighting to reclaim control of the city from Sunni militants.
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US forces say they have advanced into a  mainly Shia suburb of Iraq's capital, as a stand-off continues in Najaf.
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US and Iraqi forces sealed off roads leading to rebel strongholds south of Baghdad on Wednesday and anti-occupation rebels bombed two bridges, in what appears to be a move aimed at hindering troop&#39;s movement, as pro-government forces tried to retake
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US-led forces launched operations in three Iraqi rebel strongholds on Thursday, killing nearly two dozen insurgents in a town near the Syrian border and bombing targets in Falluja for the third straight day.
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US-led forces thrust at least one km (half a mile) into rebel-held Falluja on Tuesday and were not far from the Iraqi cityâs heart, residents and an Iraqi army officer said.
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US military officials yesterday said they had regained control over the insurgent stronghold of Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad, recording a big
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FALLUJAH, Iraq : US-led forces occupy almost the whole of Fallujah but it will still take some time before the rebel enclave is secure, a US marine spokesman said.
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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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US-LED forces attacked two Iraqi rebel strongholds yesterday, killing nearly two dozen insurgents in a town near the Syrian border and bombing targets in Fallujah for a third day.