Rumsfeld in Iraq, Visits Mosul Base
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MOSUL, Iraq  - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld  paid a surprise Christmas visit on Friday to troops in the  Iraqi city of Mosul, scene of the deadliest attack on Americans  since last year's war to oust Saddam Hussein.
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US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is in western Iraq to meet with American Marines fighting insurgents in the country&#39;s restive Al Anbar province.
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Bearing gifts of praise and encouragement, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld paid a Christmas Eve visit to some of the most dangerous areas of Iraq and told US troops he believes
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Donald Rumsfeld visits France on Wednesday to drum up support among Nato allies for the US military effort in Iraq.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld toured an air base outside this Black Sea city on Monday that was used extensively by American air forces to ferry war supplies to Afghanistan and Iraq.
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US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who is one of the Republican Partyâs main actors in the play of the US presidential election, arrived in Baghdad for an unexpected visit three days ago.
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MOSUL, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi forces launched an  offensive in Mosul on Tuesday to retake control of rebel-held  areas after a week of anarchy that has seen insurgents  attacking across Iraq's third largest city.
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US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld acknowledged setbacks in Iraq during a visit with US marines today at their main base outside Fallujah, where the military ousted insurgents last month in some of the bloodiest fighting since the Iraq invasion.
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US Army Spc Thomas Wilson, left, speaks to US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, not pictured, during Rumsfeld&#39;s visit to Camp Buehring, 120 km (74 miles) north of Kuwait City, on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2004.
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MOSUL, Iraq : US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld paid a surprise visit to US troops in Mosul, northern Iraq early on Friday, an AFP correspondent at the scene said.
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Amid news the U.S. Army has extended a second unit's deployment in Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld was meeting Tuesday with top leaders in Montenegro to discuss the newly independent republic's possible contribution to the war on terror.
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He made a surprise visit to the US military base that was attacked in Mosul Tuesday. Meanwhile, security has increased at some US bases in Iraq.
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_ The US military was re-examining security measures at bases across Iraq on Thursday, a day after saying that a suicide bomber _ apparently with inside information _ likely carried out the attack at a camp near Mosul that killed 22
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US and Iraqi troops have turned their attention to the flashpoint city of Mosul as part of their ongoing operation to target insurgents in Iraq.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld flew  into Iraq on Friday and warned it would take time to build  Iraqi security forces capable of crushing the country's bloody  insurgency.
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US Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld visited wounded soldiers and brought holiday greetings on Christmas Eve amid tight security at an air base in northern Iraq where an insurgent&#39;s
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MOSUL, Iraq  - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld  paid U.S. troops in Iraq a surprise Christmas Eve visit after  weeks of controversy over his handling of the war and perceived  lack of sensitivity to American forces and their families.