US-led forces zero in on âdeath triangle&#39;
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Shopkeeper explains how to fill in voter registration forms to his customers in Baghdad, November 23. Iraq&#39;s Electoral Commission on Sunday set national elections for January 30, 2005.
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Elements of al Qaeda remain in Pakistan, a senior U.S. defense official said Thursday, adding that unless more was done to stop the flow of recruits into militant groups the war on terror would never be won.
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WASHINGTON, United States : An unusual US request for a British battalion to back up American troops in Iraq has shown the political constraints on the use of coalition forces even as an intensifying battle against insurgents is testing the US force there
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ELEANOR HALL: To Iraq now and US-led forces are poised on the outskirts of the rebel stronghold city of Fallujah, awaiting the go ahead to launch a major assault on the city, as reports emerge that American and Iraqi government forces have already seized
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US jets have launched a new assault on Shi&#39;ite militia positions in the Iraqi city of Najaf. The attack follows a stall in talks on the transfer of control of the mosque in the southern holy city.
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Volatile and remote areas outside the Sunni triangle are now being scoured by US and Iraqi troops.
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US and allied forces battled Wednesday to seize control of the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, Iraq, facing only limited resistance from &quot;small pockets&quot; of fighters unable
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The two US allies are suddenly in no hurry to see the implementation of the Bush Administration's plan to station an interceptor system on their soil
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Dust-coated US forces are encircling the Iraqi rebel stronghold of Fallujah, awaiting final assault orders, as insurgents
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American forces battled south through Fallujah&#39;s narrow lanes and alleys today to take control of 70 percent of the insurgent stronghold, and rebel fighters were bottled
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The more than 1,000 US troops that advanced into Mosul to flush out Iraqi insurgents and retake police stations met little resistance, officials said.
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US-led forces swept hotspots in a &quot;triangle of death&quot; on Wednesday in a push to reclaim rebel enclaves ahead of key January polls, as more than 200 political groups threw their hat in the electoral ring.
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American forces have been confounded by insurgents who have slipped away only to fight another day.
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UNITED NATIONS - The United States on Tuesday vetoed an Arab-backed resolution that demanded an immediate end to military operations in the northern Gaza Strip and the withdrawal of Israeli forces, saying the measure was "lopsided and unbalanced" and "absolves terrorists in the Middle East."   Israel launched the operation six days ago after a Palestinian rocket killed two children in the southern Israeli town of Sderot. The drive into Gaza has left 68 Palestinians dead...
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The US military clashed aggressively with forces of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as negotiations to end the standoff at one of Islam&#39;s most revered shrines remained stalled.
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Criticism of the United States was surprisingly muted at an international conference in Egypt that drew fierce opponents to the U.S.-led invasion.
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The first US military unit to reach the site in Iraq where UN officials say 377 tons of high explosives are missing did not carry out a hunt for such material, the unit&#39;s commander said on Wednesday.