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NAJAF, Iraq : US forces unleashed a fresh wave of raids on positions held by firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr&#39;s militia in Najaf, where hopes of seeing a peaceful resolution to the bloody siege of a revered Shiite shrine were fast fading.
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US forces stepped up operations Tuesday 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 insurgents
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. warplanes blasted insurgent positions in Sadr City, and American ground troops pushed into the sprawling Baghdad slum Thursday in a new operation aimed at disarming the militia of a renegade anti-U.S...
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WASHINGTON : The United States pulled its punch in Iraq as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced US forces arrayed in Najaf against Shiite militants of firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr were &quot;unlikely&quot; to storm the town&#39;s holy places to deal the militia ...
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U.S. warplanes blasted insurgent positions in Sadr City, and American ground troops pushed into the sprawling Baghdad slum Thursday in a new operation aimed at disarming the militia of a renegade anti-U.S. Shiite cleric.
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American forces sharply intensified fighting here early on Tuesday morning, as troops attacked rebels loyal to Moktada al-Sadr from three
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U.S. infantrymen engaged in fierce battles with cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's militants Monday and U.S. tanks moved closer to the revered Imam Ali Shrine as the American military stepped up pressure on the insurgents to leave the holy site and end their uprising.
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US jets struck Fallujah with five air raids in 12 hours, softening up the insurgent stronghold for an expected major assault. Guerrillas responded with a rocket attack Friday
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Tens of thousands of people massed here Friday to pray and chant slogans in support of the rebellious cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. US forces, meanwhile, continued attacks in two Iraqi cities that insurgents control.
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US and Iraqi forces have pressed on with aggressive raids against Sunni Muslim insurgents in towns southwest of Baghdad, racing against time to quell rebellion in time for an election in January.
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US jets pounded parts of Fallujah today, targeting insurgents in a city where American forces were said to be gearing up for a major offensive.
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BAGHDAD - After a week of violence that killed 19 Americans and challenged the authority of Iraq&#39;s interim government in vast areas of the country, US commanders launched airstrikes Thursday on two cities controlled by insurgents and sent troops into a
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U.S. troops launched fresh raids Thursday around the northern city of Mosul to rein in guerillas who have threatened to disrupt the upcoming election. Iraqi forces sealed off main routes into Baghdad one day after a wave of car bombings rocked the capital.
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U.S. air strikes killed at least 10 people and wounded 42 early on Sunday in the northeastern Baghdad district of Sadr city, a stronghold for Shi'ite militants, police and hospital sources said.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes pounded areas near a  shrine where radical Shi'ite militiamen were holed up early on  Friday after their leader, Moqtada al-Sadr, defied a final  demand from Iraq's interim prime minister to disarm.
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BAGHDAD - US jets pounded suspected Shiite militant positions in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City today, killing at least five people and wounding 46, as insurgents detonated a car bomb and fired rockets in separate attacks across the country targeting
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US warplanes pounded Mehdi Army positions in Najaf early Monday as fighting continued between US-Iraqi forces and militiamen loyal to renegade Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.