Clashes across 'Sunni triangle'
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A suicide bomb targeting a US military convoy in Baiji kills 14 as violence erupts in Iraq's Sunni Muslim heartland.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Heavy fighting erupted on Friday between Lebanese troops and al Qaeda-inspired militants entrenched in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, witnesses said.
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Insurgents continued their attacks on Iraq&#39;s fledgling security forces yesterday in a series of bloody assaults across the Sunni triangle that killed at least 22 people, including 17 policeman, and injured more than 30.
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Sunni fighters in Baghdad fight militants linked to al-Qaeda in a sign of growing splits among insurgents.
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Explosions and gunfire broke out Monday in Baqouba - the latest in a wave of clashes that has swept Iraq's Sunni Muslim heartland even as U.S. and Iraqi forces move against the last remaining pockets of ...
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The US military launched large-scale military raids in Ramadi today, following two days of heavy clashes in the militant stronghold in Iraq&#39;s Sunni Triangle.
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Insurgents attacked Iraqi security forces with mortars and roadside bombs across the rebellious Sunni Triangle on Wednesday, a day
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A showdown is shaping up in Pakistan's turbulent northwest between secular-minded ethnic Pashtuns and those who support Taliban-style Islamists Â a conflict that is likely to sharpen regardless of which side wins Monday's elections.
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US Marines are preparing for a decisive battle in the Sunni Triangle area west of Baghdad, where rebels are using violence and intimidation to extend their influence
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The killing of two Sunni clerics earlier this week could be part of a slide toward sectarian civil war, analysts say. By Howard LaFranchi | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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TRIPOLI, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops clashed with suspected Islamist militants in the northern city of Tripoli late on Saturday after soldiers came under fire during searches for militant hideouts, security sources said.
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US and Iraqi forces fought deadly battles with insurgents across central and northern Iraq on Monday â-he latest in a wave of clashes that has swept the country&#39;s Sunni Muslim
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Insurgents armed with automatic rifles  and rocket-propelled grenades skirmished with U.S. and Iraqi  forces in Sunni Muslim areas of Baghdad Saturday and at least  three police and seven insurgents were killed.
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The American-led offensive in Fallujah touched off political turmoil Tuesday as prominent Sunni Muslim clerics and politicians condemned the operation.
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U.S. forces traded fire with insurgents in the Sunni stronghold of Ramadi following a series of raids, residents said Thursday, and at least eight people were reported killed.
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A string of bombings has set off clashes between US troops and gunmen in an insurgent stronghold west of Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul.
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Fierce clashes erupted between US forces and Iraqi fighters in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Wednesday, killing at least two Iraqi civilians, witnesses and medics said.