Classic guerrilla war forming in Iraq
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Recent upsurge in attacks has parallels, and differences, with past insurgencies.
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US military planners and intelligence analysts believe Iraqi insurgent leaders holed up in Fallujah will defend the city by combining scrappy fighting with a media blitz designed to provoke a worldwide outcry.
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The battle to control Fallujah perfectly illustrates the military challenge that US forces face in Iraq&#39;s Sunni Triangle. Soldiers and Marines must seize and hold territory, destroy an elusive enemy that looks
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U.S. forces have begun arming nationalist guerrillas and former Saddam Hussein loyalists -- and coordinating tactics -- in a marriage of convenience against al Qaeda radicals in one of Iraq's most violent provinces, senior U.S. commanders tell CNN.
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SAMARRA, Iraq -- Four months ago, insurgents operated with impunity in this ancient city along the Tigris, prompting US troops to storm it last October in a preview of the larger invasion of Fallujah in November.
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The present conflict in Iraq signals a contrast of paradoxical proportions. The Iraqi people, their interim government, and their largely US and British occupiers are preparing for landmark elections early in the new year.
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Resistance to the occupation of Iraq is more widespread than the pockets of insurgency described by Iraqi officials, data shows.
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US Marines appeared yesterday to be moving closer to a decisive battle in the Sunni Triangle area west of Baghdad, where insurgents are using violence and intimidation
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BAGHDAD, Aug. 23 -- An insurgent attack Thursday on a Sunni sheik who has cooperated with U.S. forces escalated into an extended street battle involving the sheik's militiamen, local villagers and Iraqi forces, according to police and the U.S. military. Thirty-two people were killed and 15...
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How deserters and insurgents are foiling plans to build a new Iraqi army
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US, British and Iraqi forces are focusing this time on a hotbed south of the capital. BAGHDAD -- About 5,000 US marines, British troops and Iraqi commandos launched raids and arrested suspected insurgents
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Iraq was on the brink of a renewed outbreak of nationwide violence last night after United States forces and militiamen fought bloody engagements across Baghdad&#39;s slum district of Sadr City.
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US Marines are preparing for a decisive battle in the Sunni Triangle area west of Baghdad, where rebels are using violence and intimidation to extend their influence
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Forces of war, nature, economic crisis and regional tension converge with a vengeance on populace.
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In the coming weeks, the US and Iraq&#39;s government must still combat a resilient and dangerous insurgency outside Falluja. By ERIC SCHMITT.
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A tenacious insurgency led by Sunni Arabs kept up relentless assaults today in a string of major cities.
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Chuquri has seen a century&#39;s worth of battles. British colonists, Soviet soldiers and the black-turbanned Taliban have variously marched, bombed or shot their way through the mud-walled, hilltop hamlet.