Dozens Believed Killed in U.S. Assault on Iraqi City
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More than 4,000 American and Iraqi soldiers mounted a military assault on the insurgent-held city of Samarra.
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A spate of car bombs and mortar attacks killed 70 people in Iraq, police and local officials said on Saturday, while the U.S. military reported eight of its soldiers killed in the past two days.
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces stormed Samarra  on Friday and said at least 80 guerrillas were killed in air  strikes and street-to-street combat during a major new  offensive to wrest control of the Iraqi town.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a major assault Friday to regain control of the insurgent stronghold of Samarra, and hospital officials said at least 80 people were killed.
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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 -- Bombings and mortar attacks killed dozens across Baghdad yesterday as Iraqi troops set up new checkpoints and an Iraqi general took command -- indications that the much-awaited operation to restore peace to the capital is gearing up nearly a month after it was announced.
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US and Iraqi forces have launched a major offensive against a town suspected of harboring insurgents in northern Iraq. At least eight people have been killed and dozens injured in the fighting in Tal Afar Saturday.
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U.S. warplanes pounded the rebel-held  Iraqi city early on Monday as ground forces fought fierce  clashes with insurgents on the outskirts of the city, witnesses  said.
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ISHAQI, Iraq  - Iraqi and U.S. officials gave sharply differing accounts of an overnight raid and air strike on Friday in which up to 20 people were killed, with a town mayor accusing American troops of killing five children.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The United States launched new airstrikes on the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Fallujah and nearby villages Friday, and Iraqi officials said 44 people were dead, including women and children.    The U.S...
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At least 23 people were killed in a series of attack launched by the insurgents in Iraq. This brought the total death toll from three days of violence to more than 70.
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Over 100 militants and civilians have been killed after US forces stormed the Iraqi town of Samarra. The town&#39;s hospital said dozens of bodies were brought in, including at least 11 women, five children and seven elderly men.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces claimed to have killed more than 100 guerrillas in one of the largest military operations since the war began.
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U.S. forces launched a new offensive Wednesday against insurgents in an area south of the capital dubbed the "triangle of death," while militants ambushed an elite Iraqi police unit in a Baghdad neighborhood known for its loyalty to ousted dictator Saddam Hussein, killing 29 people, most of them civilians.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. jets on Thursday pounded the rebel stronghold of Fallujah and a town near the Syrian border that had come under control of insurgents, killing dozens of people, officials and witnesses said...
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BAGHDAD: US forces pounded insurgent-held Fallujah on Saturday, killing seven people, just a day after it led a massive offensives to control rebel stronghold Samarra, which left nearly a hundred people dead.
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U.S. forces backed by aircraft killed an estimated 25 gunmen during a clash north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the military said on Wednesday.