U.S., Iraq Forces Sweep Through Samarra
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SAMARRA, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi forces battled their way into the heart of this Sunni stronghold Friday and moved house to house in search of militants in what appeared to be the first major offensive to regain control of areas lost to insurgents before the January elections...
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As US and Iraqi troops patrolled the battered streets of Samarra, the central Iraqi city reclaimed from insurgents in two days of lopsided battle, residents emerged Sunday reporting
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U.S. jets pounded the rebel stronghold of Fallujah on Thursday, and American and Iraqi forces entered the central city of Samarra for the first time in months to try to reseat the city council and regain control.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces pushed into  Samarra on Friday to wrest control of the northern town back  from insurgents, and the American military said 80 militants  were killed in hours of fierce street fighting and air strikes.
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US and Iraqi forces announced they seized control of the Iraqi city Samarra on Saturday, after engaging in fierce battles with anti-occupation fighters.
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U.S. forces have launched a major  offensive on the rebel stronghold of Samarra after a series of  horrific car bombings in Baghdad on Thursday that killed 41  people, mostly children.
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US and Iraqi forces have pushed into Samarra to wrest control of the northern town back from insurgents, and the American military said 80 militants were killed in hours of fierce street fighting and air strikes.
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - Waving white flags, Iraqis fled  the city of Samarra on river boats on Sunday as U.S. forces  claimed victory over insurgents in the first step of an  offensive aimed at taking control of rebel-held cities.
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces on Sunday  declared victory in Samarra, the first step of a drive to take  back all Iraq's rebel-held areas before elections in January.
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Samarra (Iraq), Oct. 1: At least 90 people were killed and 180 wounded today as US troops and Iraqi forces charged into Samarra in a first effort to reclaim trouble spots before Iraq&#39;s planned elections.
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SAMARRA (Iraq) - Bloodied by weeks of suicide bomb attacks and assassinations, Iraqi security forces emerged on Sunday to patrol the streets of Samarra after a morale-boosting victory in this Sunni Triangle city.
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Iraqi security forces and American troops have been patrolling the battered streets of Samarra as normal life began returning after a US-led assault wrested the city from rebels.
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SAMARRA, Iraq - 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 and 100 wounded...
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US and Iraqi troops have launched a major offensive in the insurgent stronghold of Samarra, north of Baghdad, retaking key government and police buildings.
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US and Iraqi forces begin a major operation against rebels in Iraq's northern city of Samarra, reports say.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces backed by helicopters swept into Baghdad's Sadr City Shiite slum in a dark-of-night raid Tuesday that netted seven militiamen, including one believed to know the whereabouts of an American soldier kidnapped nearly a month ago.
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SAMARRA, Iraq - Sporadic gunfire echoed through this Sunni Muslim stronghold Saturday as U.S. and Iraqi forces battled pockets of resistance a day after launching what appeared to be the first major push to regain control of a string of cities before elections in January...