Troops Take Embattled Baqubah Bit by Bit, U.S. Commander Says
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BAQUBAH, Iraq, June 25 -- U.S. and Iraqi troops have "seized control" of the western side of the embattled city of Baqubah, but 100 or more insurgents remain in the city and at least that many likely escaped, the American brigade commander here said Monday. "We're on our way to securing the...
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The U.S. military said it killed four suspected terrorists and four civilians Wednesday in a raid in Baqouba, while Iraqi forces announced they had arrested a leader of a militant group believed responsible for numerous attacks on coalition forces.
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Reports that Mosul, Iraq, was partly under the control of insurgent fighters and in danger of becoming the next Fallujah âis a bunch of baloney,â said Col.
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BAGHDAD, June 20 -- U.S. and Iraqi forces continued targeting Sunni insurgents in the city of Baqubah north of Baghdad on Wednesday, the second day of a major new offensive aimed at stamping out the Sunni extremist group al-Qaeda in Iraq.
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BAQUBA, Iraq  - Thousands of U.S. soldiers on the offensive north of Baghdad are facing fierce resistance from hundreds of al Qaeda militants who are ready to fight to the death, an American general said on Friday.
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Security forces in Baghdad have full control in only 40 percent of the city five months into the pacification campaign, a top American general said Saturday as U.S. troops began an offensive against two al-Qaida strongholds on the capital's southern outskirts.
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FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq On Tuesday afternoon, the sky above Baqubah changed from its usual blue to the ominous sepia of Western movies, Dust Bowl photographs and, yes, Iraqi sandstorms.
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MAXINE MCKEW: In Iraq, as US Marines continue their mop-up operations in Fallujah, their commander says the crushing American victory there has broken the back of Iraq&#39;s insurgency.
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A senior U.S. commander in central Iraq said yesterday that a reduction of U.S. forces in his region this year would be "a giant step backwards," allowing insurgents to quickly return and jeopardizing the military's "tactical momentum" in reducing violence.
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The new U.S. military commander in Iraq said on Saturday that American and Iraqi security forces had to stabilize the country in what he called a high-stakes battle, or it would be doomed to more violence.
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BAGHDAD -- US and Iraqi forces continued targeting Sunni insurgents in the city of Baqubah, north of Baghdad yesterday, the second day of a major offensive aimed at stamping out the Sunni extremist group Al Qaeda in Iraq.
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U.S. and Iraqi troops took control  of government and police buildings in Samarra early on Friday  after insurgents had undermined security in the Iraqi city, the  U.S. military said.
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BAQUBA, Iraq  - U.S. forces believe the initial combat phase of a major offensive to clear al Qaeda from the Iraqi city of Baquba is nearly complete and any militants left could be confronted in the next 24 hours.
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BAQUBAH, Iraq -- Hundreds of US and Iraqi troops, under cover of F-16s, fought their way into three neighborhoods of besieged Baqubah yesterday to help clear Diyala Province of entrenched insurgents. To the north of the city, American airstrikes killed 17 Al Qaeda gunmen trying to sneak past a checkpoint.
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American military commanders now seriously doubt that Iraqi security forces will be able to hold the ground that U.S. troops are fighting to clear &#151; gloomy predictions that strike at the heart of Washington's key strategy to turn the tide in Iraq.
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Sunni residents in Baquba had little trust for the Shiite-dominated army being reintroduced into the city.
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U.S. troops, on the verge of gaining control of the city, fought pockets of resistance in this former militant stronghold Wednesday and uncovered what the Iraqi commander said were "hostage slaughterhouses" in which foreign captives had been killed.