U.S. strikes insurgents targeting helicopters
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A U.S. air strike killed senior insurgents suspected of targeting American helicopters in Iraq, and the Iraqi government said 39 militants had been killed in volatile western Anbar province in recent fighting.
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BAGHDAD - A US helicopter opened fire yesterday on men seen planting roadside bombs in a Sunni stronghold north of Baghdad, then chased them into a nearby house and continued to shoot, killing 11 Iraqis, including five women and one child, the military said.
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US forces haved launched air and ground attacks against insurgents in Fallujah, about 40 miles west of Baghdad. The military says &quot;precision strikes&quot; are being used.
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By Fadel al-Badrani  FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. aircraft launched a new  airstrike in the rebel-held city of Falluja on Saturday aimed  at killing supporters of a Jordanian militant who has led a  campaign of suicide bombings and kidnappings in Iraq.
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Two U.S. Cobra helicopters have been shot  down near the Iraqi city of Falluja, Al Arabiya television said  on Thursday, quoting U.S. military sources.
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Insurgents launched strikes today at several U.S. and Iraqi outposts, with the deadliest attack occurring outside the gates of a Marine base in western Iraq.
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US Marines clashed with insurgents on the outskirts of the rebel bastion of Fallujah and launched airstrikes at militant targets, the US command said Friday.
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Insurgents launched strikes Saturday at US and Iraqi outposts across Iraq, killing at least 18 Iraqi police officers and national guardsmen in car bombings and wounding
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U.S. planes struck a militant stronghold that has recently been coordinating attacks against coalition forces.
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BAGHDAD -- US helicopters targeting insurgents mistakenly killed at least five allied Kurdish militiamen in the northern city of Mosul early yesterday. The military also reported three more American soldiers killed in combat, pushing the US death toll to 33 in the first eight days of the month.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a series of operations on Tuesday targeting al Qaeda in Iraq after an upsurge in suicide bombings which U.S. commanders say are an attempt by the militant group to reignite sectarian violence.
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Documents captured from Iraqi insurgents indicate some of the recent deadly attacks against U.S. helicopters stemmed from a strategic plan to down coalition aircraft, The New York Times reported in its Sunday edition.
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A U.S. Marine helicopter that crashed in Iraq last week killing all seven aboard was caused by enemy fire, The U.S. military said on Wednesday, making it at least the fifth such aircraft to be shot down in three weeks.
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U.S. aircraft launched a new airstrike in the rebel-held city of Falluja on Saturday aimed at killing supporters of a Jordanian militant who has led a campaign of suicide bombings and kidnappings in Iraq.
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U.S.-led coalition forces killed 20 insurgents, including two women, Friday in fighting and airstrikes that targeted al-Qaida in Iraq militants northwest of Baghdad, the military said. The mayor of the village, which was the site of a U.S. raid earlier this year, said 19 civilians were killed, including seven women and eight children.
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BAGHDAD, March 3 -- Several al-Qaeda in Iraq insurgents who had targeted U.S. helicopters were killed in an airstrike north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Saturday. A second strike killed members of another al-Qaeda cell that has orchestrated car bombings.
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An Al-Qaeda-linked insurgent group posted a  video showing what it said was the downing of a U.S. military helicopter earlier this week