Attacks in Iraq at Record High, Pentagon Says
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A report found an average of almost 960 attacks on U.S. and Iraqi targets every week from early August to early November.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A spate of attacks, including a suicide car bombing, pushed the number of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq campaign past 1,000, with the majority inflicted by an insurgency that grew after President Bush declared major combat over...
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The United States has expanded its   force in Iraq to 140,000 troops, the most since January and   13,000 more than five weeks ago, the Pentagon said on Thursday,   amid relentless violence in Baghdad and elsewhere.
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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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Violence surged through central and northern Iraq on Saturday as a tenacious insurgency led by Sunni Arabs kept up relentless assaults in several major cities, including
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Car bombs in Baghdad, at a record high in February, remain a serious concern despite a month-old U.S.-backed crackdown, a U.S. general said in a more sober assessment than one given by Iraqi officials on Wednesday.
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The PentagonÂs latest comprehensive assessment of security in Iraq pointed to sectarian violence and a ÂpotentÂ insurgency.
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Fueled by fierce fighting in Fallujah and insurgents' counterattacks elsewhere in Iraq, the U.S. military death toll for November is approaching the highest for any month of the war.
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The number of civilians killed in Iraq jumped to nearly 2,000 in May, the highest monthly toll since the start of a U.S.-backed security crackdown in February, according to figures released on Saturday.
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WASHINGTON Fueled by fierce fighting in Falluja and insurgents&#39; counterattacks elsewhere in Iraq, the US military death toll for November approached the highest for any month of the war.
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During the past 30 days, more than 2,300 attacks have been directed against civilians and military targets in Iraq, in a pattern that sprawls over nearly every major population
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Amid allegations of war atrocities by American soldiers against Iraqi civilians, the Pentagon&#039;s top Marine flew to Baghdad to warn his troops against allowing the violence to leave them callous to human suffering and the loss of life.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The scale and sophistication of militant attacks in Iraq are steadily increasing, with coordinated strikes and complicated ambushes that increasingly hit their targets, officials and analysts said Wednesday.    The spike in bloodshed - more than 200 dead in four days - has stifled American hopes that the transfer of sovereignty and the prospect of a democratic vote in four months could take the steam out of the uprising and pave the way for a reduction in U.S...
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BAGHDAD -- The number of civilians killed in Iraq reached a record monthly high of 3,709 in October, most a result of sectarian violence, according to a UN report released yesterday.
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Insurgents in Iraq have used more  powerful makeshift bombs in the past two weeks, including a  recent roadside attack that killed seven U.S. troops in an  armored vehicle, a Pentagon military official said on Friday.
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The Bush administration is hammering out its largest-ever appeal for more Iraq war funds &#151; a record $100 billion, at least, and that figure reflects cuts from wish lists originally circulating around the Pentagon.
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The US military in Iraq suffered its deadliest month since last year&#39;s invasion with more military personnel killed in action in November than in any equivalent period, the Pentagon&#39;s figures show.