U.S. troops set trap for militants near Baghdad
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The U.S. military said on Thursday it was setting a trap to "eliminate" militants near Baghdad where 12 U.S. soldiers have died in the past two days.
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US and Iraqi forces are holding about 600 suspected insurgents captured in security operations south of the capital, Baghdad, in the past five months, the US military said.
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Barricaded in a small garrison in a Baghdad neighborhood, U.S. soldier Aaron Larson keeps an uneasy eye on the traffic for suicide car bombers.
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A tip led U.S. forces to discover a hidden room in Muqdadiyah, north of Baghdad, that had apparently been used by insurgents to torture Iraqis
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The continuing attacks on suspected gathering sites reportedly has forced the militant group to reorganize its leadership. BAGHDAD, Iraq - American forces bombed a suspected hide-out used by associates of
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American, British and Iraqi troops are continuing their effort to root out insurgents south of Baghdad, in an operation aimed at clearing the way for elections to be held in January.
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Sunni insurgents have been streaming out of Baghdad to escape the security crackdown, carrying the fight to neighboring Diyala province where direct fire attacks on Americans have nearly doubled since last summer, U.S. soldiers say.
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In an effort to restore security in Baghdad, the U.S. military plans to move at least three more battalions of American soldiers into the Iraqi capital, a senior Pentagon official said.
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An Iraqi farmer said Sunday that he saw seven heavily armed gunmen capture two American soldiers during an attack on a road checkpoint south of Baghdad, while U.S. troops searched for their comrades for a second day.
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U.S. forces battled insurgents loyal to Moktada al-Sadr and Baghdad's governor narrowly escaped an assassination attempt.
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Iraqi and U.S. troops detained a militant leader suspected of ties to Iran's Revolutionary Guards in a raid in Baghdad on Saturday in which five gunmen were killed in an air strike, the U.S. military said.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces launched attacks on Baghdad's northern and southern flanks to clear out Sunni insurgents, al-Qaida fighters and Shiite militiamen who had fled the capital and Anbar during a four-month-old security operation, military officials said Monday.
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American troops detained a top Sunni religious leader for a few hours after a raid seeking terror suspects Saturday, while a bomb killed two U.S. soldiers patrolling south of Baghdad during a mammoth military operation trying to secure the capital region.
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The ability of Iraqi insurgents to  snatch foreigners from their guarded Baghdad offices  highlighted the country's poor security as U.S. officials  argued whether elections could be held in towns under rebel  control.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi forces sealed off roads to an insurgent stronghold south of Baghdad on Wednesday and militants bombed two bridges in an apparent bid to hinder troop movement, as pro-government forces tried to retake control of the region ahead of national elections...
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 15 -- U.S. military and Iraqi security forces have begun a massive effort to seal off Baghdad with a ring of reinforced checkpoints, berms, trenches, barriers and fences in an attempt to clamp down on insurgents, officials said Friday.
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The U.S. command announced Saturday that it was sending 3,700 troops to Baghdad to try to quell the sectarian violence sweeping the capital, and a U.S. official said more American soldiers would follow as the military gears up to take the streets from gunmen.