U.S. Military Makes Peace Effort in Volatile Section of Baghdad
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The U.S. military met for five hours with representatives of Moktada al-Sadr in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City.
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U.S. troops are switching tactics in the fight against insurgents in parts of this rebellious city, replacing confrontation with courtesy in hopes of winning public trust and undercutting support for the militants.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces set up new checkpoints and stepped up joint patrols in Baghdad on Wednesday, for the first time showing war-weary residents that a long-promised offensive against militants was under way.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Talks to end fighting between U.S. forces and Shiite militants in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City have stalled, with the government refusing militant demands for American troops to keep out of the troubled district, officials said Wednesday...
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U.S. or Iraqi forces control more than half of Baghdad's neighborhoods while the rest still experience high levels of fighting and sectarian violence, the U.S. commander in Iraq's capital said on Friday.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Aug. 29, 2004 - The US military and Iraqi Shiite and tribal leaders held talks Sunday aimed a reducing tensions in the Baghdad&#39;s Sadr City slum, where 10 people died in fighting a day earlier between Shiite militiamen and US troops.
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People are reflect in a motorbike&#39;s rearview mirror during prayer in Baghdad&#39;s Shiite enclave of Sadr City Friday, Dec. 24, 2004.
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US vehicles take up positions around edge of Iraqi capital's Sadr City district.
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WASHINGTON -- Iraqi forces are arriving in Baghdad for a new effort to get a grip on the violence plaguing their capital but probably not in sufficient strength, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said yesterday.
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BAGHDAD -- The relative lull in violence is a promising sign that the Baghdad security plan is off to a good start, the Iraqi prime minister said yesterday, while a top US military official cautioned that it might be a temporary letup as militant organizations assess the new measures and gear up to fight back.
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U.S. and Iraqi security forces cannot solve the problem of violence in Iraq without political action and reconciliation with some militant groups, the U.S. commander in Iraq said on Thursday.
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Description: Efforts are under way to arrange a ceasefire in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City, where militiamen loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have been battling US forces.
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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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American troops face "significant challenges" in western Iraq's volatile Anbar region -- the deadliest province for U.S. forces -- but military efforts there are secondary to the priority of quelling sectarian unrest in Baghdad, the second-ranking U.S. commander in Iraq said yesterday.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. troops battled insurgents Tuesday in a major city west of Baghdad after the U.S...
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Walls are an emotive issue in Baghdad. Towering concrete barriers have mushroomed across Iraq's capital, put up by U.S. forces striving to cripple Sunni and Shi'ite militants.
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The U.S. military and Iraqi Shiite and tribal leaders held talks Sunday aimed at reducing tensions in the Baghdad's Sadr City slum, where 10 people died in fighting a day earlier between Shiite militiamen and ...