U.S. Steps Up Iraq Attacks Before Ramadan
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. troops went on the offensive from the gates of Baghdad to the Syrian border Tuesday, pounding Sunni insurgent positions from the air and supporting Iraqi soldiers in raids on mosques suspected of harboring extremists...
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With the insurgency still a threat to Iraq's planned elections, the U.S. force is about to expand to its highest level of the war &#151; even higher than the initial invading force in March 2003.
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Secretary of Defense tempers comments with concern about continued attacks and need to build up Iraqi forces. Deadly attacks: Suicide bombers detonated two car bombs within 15 minutes of each other in Baghdad
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The United States is expanding its military force in Iraq to the highest level of the war &#151; even higher than during the initial invasion in March 2003 &#151; in order to bolster security in advance of next month's national elections.
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added: &quot;We can&#39;t deny that there has been an increased number of attacks during Ramadan.&quot;. An Estonian soldier was killed and five were wounded in a bomb blast in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, officials said.
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US forces stepped up security measures at bases across Iraq on Thursday after concluding that a suicide bomber, probably in Iraqi military uniform, was behind Tuesday&#39;s blast at a military base in Mosul.
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The U.S. military will boost its  troops in Iraq to 150,000 this month, the highest level since  the war began in March 2003, in order to improve security for  scheduled Jan 30. elections, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
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BAGHDAD - US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, on a surprise visit to Iraq, has predicted that violence will increase ahead of January&#39;s election.
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US forces stepped up operations Tuesday across a wide swath of the Sunni insurgent strongholds northwest of the capital, pounding targets in three urban centers from the air and supporting Iraqi troops in raids on mosques suspected of harboring insurgents
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On a surprise visit to Iraq US Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, has predicted violence will increase ahead of January&#39;s elections as rebel attacks killed 11 people including a US soldier.
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Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi  publicly authorized U.S. and Iraqi forces to attack rebels in  the cities of Falluja and Ramadi, and imposed a curfew that  would begin after dusk on Monday.
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Even as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was in Iraq warning that violence could increase before the Iraqi election in January, car bombers struck
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U.S. warplanes bombed targets in Iraq's  rebel-held city of Falluja Friday, marking a violent start to  the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
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The U.S. commander for northern Iraq called for reinforcements yesterday, citing a rise in sectarian attacks and other violence in his region as Iraqi and American forces focus on securing Baghdad.
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Suspected al Qaeda militants have stepped up attacks in Iraq, the U.S. military said on Wednesday, as a spate of bombings in the north of the country killed 15 people and wounded dozens.
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At a time when Iraqi insurgents are targeting local police officers and recruits for attack, the United States has raised by one-third -- to 135,000 -- the size of the Iraqi police force it says will be needed to help secure the country, according to information the administration has provided to Congress.
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Bombers and gunmen killed eight people in a tense city northeast of Baghdad on Monday as Iraqi security forces prepared to further tighten security ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, when violence traditionally spikes across Iraq.