US troops recall battle at Musa Qala
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Chinook helicopters dropped Capt. Don Canterna's company of soldiers on the dusty outskirts of Musa Qala as evening fell. Loaded down with weapons, food, and water, his men walked through the night.
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US Marines backed by aircraft fought insurgents in the Iraqi city of Fallujah today, six weeks after launching a major attack that aimed to quell revolt in the city before next month&#39;s election.
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US forces battled insurgents around the rebel stronghold of Fallujah on Sunday after two American soldiers died when their helicopters crashed south of Baghdad.
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Afraid to stray from home, residents buried the dead in their gardens Saturday as U.S. and Iraqi forces battled pockets of resistance in this former insurgent stronghold, where the American military said 125 rebels were killed and 88 captured in two days of fierce fighting. The American commander declared the operation a successful first step in a major push to wrest key areas from insurgent control before January elections.
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US troops declared the operation to free Fallujah of militants ``accomplished&#39;&#39; but acknowledged the two most wanted figures in the city - Jordanian terror mastermind Abu Musab al
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An eyewitness account of the vicious battle to retake the  Iraqi city
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Military says fighting came after convoy of Afghan and US troops was attacked in northern Kandahar.
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US Marines of the 1st Division train in a former Iraqi army barrack outside Fallujah, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004. American forces are preparing for a major assault on Fallujah in an effort to restore control
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NAJAF, Iraq -- Combat resumed in Najaf yesterday, as US forces edged into the narrow streets surrounding the shrine of Imam Ali and militiamen fired mortars and rocket-propelled grenades from around the holy site that serves as their firebase.
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An Iraqi man carries away his wounded son, after a US aerial bombardment of rebel strongholds in Fallujah. Photo: Reuters. US aircraft struck at the rebel Iraqi stronghold of Fallujah for a third time in 24
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A new tape issued by bin Laden has praised the attacks on US forces in Iraq. A group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has claimed responsibility for the attack on a US dining hall in Mosul.
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NAJAF, Iraq - U.S. armored vehicles and tanks rolled back into the streets of Najaf and troops battled Shiite militants in a vast cemetery Sunday in a resumption of fighting after the collapse of negotiations aimed at ending the standoff in this holy city...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Kuwait rarely rebuffs its ally, the United States, partly out of gratitude for the 1991 Persian Gulf War. But in October it reneged on a pledge to send three military observers to an American-led naval exercise in the Gulf, according to U.S. officials and Kuwaiti...
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Soldiers from the Black Watch regiment have been reunited with relatives after six months in Iraq. Send us your comments.
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US forces raided a suspected Taliban hideout in southern Afghanistan yesterday, killing two fighters and capturing at least one more, officials said. The hourlong battle occurred in Dewalak, a village in Zabul Province along the Pakistani border, said Khial Mohammed, the provincial governor. US troops attacked after surrounding the village and coming under fire from the rebels, he said. The ...
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A US Army soldier watches from atop his armoured vehicle as smoke rises in background after his unit destroyed a seized Katyusha rocket in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday Oct. 17, 2004.
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US and Iraqi forces captured the Iraqi city of Samarra on Sunday after fierce fighting with Sunni militants. The forces later described the operation as a successful first step in a major push to wrest key