US sweeps Iraqi Sunni &#39;hotspots&#39;
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More than 5,000 US-led forces are sweeping through lawless hotspots in an area south of Baghdad known as Iraq&#39;s &quot;triangle of death&quot;.
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US military officials in Iraq say American and Iraqi forces have launched operations against insurgents in the northern city of Mosul.
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MOSUL, Iraq : US and Iraqi forces backed by aircraft swept into the northern Iraqi city of Mosul to secure police stations and restore order as insurgents in Fallujah fought US-led troops to the death.
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US-led forces have swept through Iraqi hotspots in a push to reclaim rebel enclaves ahead of key elections in January, as more than 200 political groups threw their hat into the ring.
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RAMADI, Iraq: Gunfire and explosions rattled the Sunni militant stronghold of Ramadi yesterday when US forces traded fire with insurgents after raids launched just ahead of the start of Islam&#39;s holy month, Ramadan.
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BAGHDAD -- A Sunni police chief praised by US forces for clearing his city of insurgents has been arrested following an investigation into alleged murder, corruption and crimes against the Iraqi people, the US military said yesterday .
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16 November 2004 -- US and Iraqi forces today launched operations in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul to clear insurgents who have been active in the city during the past week.
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Violence flared in Iraq&#39;s restless Sunni Triangle yesterday when insurgents stormed two police stations in a brazen attempt to intimidate Sunni voters a day after Osama bin Laden
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BAGHDAD, June 19 -- U.S. troops backed by helicopters and Bradley Fighting Vehicles launched a major offensive Tuesday to clear the Sunni extremist group al-Qaeda in Iraq from its new stronghold in Diyala province north of the capital, the U.S. military said in a statement.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. forces stepped up operations Tuesday across a wide swath of the Sunni insurgent strongholds northwest of the capital, pounding targets in two cities from the air and supporting Iraqi troops in raids on mosques suspected of harboring insurgents...
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BAGHDAD - Insurgent attacks spread Monday to another Sunni Muslim city, Baqubah, and a nearby village where bands of armed men attacked two police stations simultaneously, the US military said.
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In Iraq, US and Iraqi forces have stepped up their military operations in areas of the country under the control of Sunni rebels. Ahead of elections set for January, Iraqi and coalition forces are attempting
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Iraqi security forces, backed by US Marines and troops, Tuesday launched a series of raids on seven mosques in Ramadi, the US military said.
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US and Iraqi troops were targeting groups of insurgents in Mosul to gain control of the northern Iraqi city, the military said. The assault on Mosul, Iraq&#39;s third-largest city, follows
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A US Army and Iraqi military convoy passes through after conducting a joint search operation in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2004.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces pushed deeper Thursday into Sunni militant strongholds in Baghdad &#151; where cars rigged with explosives greeted their advance &#151; while British-led teams in southern Iraq used shipping containers to block suspected weapon smuggling routes from Iran.
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Thousands of U.S. and Iraqi troops set up outposts Sunday in southern parts of Ramadi as part of an operation to establish Iraqi army bases in the country&#039;s largest Sunni Arab city and wrest it away from months of insurgent control.