Fresh US Troops Arrive in Iraq
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A US Marine of the 1st Division gestures during a patrol outside Fallujah, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004. American forces are preparing for a major assault on Fallujah in an effort to restore control to a swathe
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BAQUBAH, Iraq -- After two days of clawing their way toward insurgent strongholds in western Baqubah, US troops yesterday began one of the most delicate phases of the operation: reintroducing the city's residents to their own army.
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The American military presence in Iraq will grow by nearly 12,000 troops by next month, to 150,000, the highest level since the invasion last year, to
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador  - El Salvador sent a  new contingent of troops to join the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq  on Thursday despite repeated threats from Islamic militants  that they would strike against the country in retaliation.
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Extra UK troops arrive in Iraq's second city Basra  ahead of the elections.
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RIYADH/JEDDAH, 10 December 2004 - As normality hesitantly returned to the US Consulate neighborhood in Jeddah, a specialist team of US Marines arrived yesterday in the Red Sea city to beef up security at the consulate.
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The bulk of an 850-strong group of British troops are gathering near their new base in a US-controlled area of Iraq. Soldiers from the Black Watch regiment will join up with the first wave of their colleagues
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About 5,000 US Marines, British troops and Iraqi forces began an offensive yesterday aimed at clearing insurgents from a cluster of dusty, small towns south of Baghdad.
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Nine thousand U.S. and Iraqi troops have launched a fresh operation targeting militants in the Sunni Arab province of Anbar, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
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All U.S. troop reinforcements heading to Iraq to help restore security have now arrived, but it could take several more months before their weight is fully felt, the U.S. military said on Friday.
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WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 2: The Pentagon will increase the number of US troops in Iraq to about 150,000, the highest level since the US occupation of Iraq began in the spring of 2003, in an effort to reduce violence during elections scheduled next month.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2004 - About 1,000 Iraqi Army and National Guard troops backed up by US 1st Infantry Division soldiers deployed into Samarra early today to eliminate a troublesome insurgent presence there.
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The Pentagon said Wednesday that it will boost the number of US troops in Iraq to about 150,000, the highest level since the US occupation began 19 months ago.
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Description: Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld pays a surprise visit to troops in Iraq, landing first at the US base near Mosul where an insurgent attack three days ago killed 22 people.
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Iraqi troop reinforcements will arrive in the northern city of Mosul on Sunday while tanks and helicopters are being sent for a big operation against al Qaeda militants, security officials said.
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The first units of a Black Watch battlegroup are due to arrive today in their new positions south of Baghdad as Tony Blair indicated that more British troops may replace them in the American-controlled zone before the end of the year.
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BAGHDAD, June 15 -- The full contingent of new U.S. forces being sent to Iraq -- what military leaders call a "surge" of troops to improve security and stability in the capital -- was completed by Friday, with 28,500 additional troops now posted in the country, a U.S. military spokesman said.