Iraqis, U.S. dispute deadly raid in new friction
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Iraqi and U.S. officials disputed each others' accounts of an overnight raid and air strike on Friday that killed up to 20 people in a new sign of friction over allegations of American troops killing civilians.
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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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Residents buried the dead as U.S. and Iraqi forces battled pockets of resistance in this former insurgent stronghold.
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Iraqi and U.S.-led coalition forces clashed with gunmen northeast of Baghdad after armed Shiites attacked a convoy of Sunni villagers in retaliation for a suicide attack, officials said Friday.
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U.S. forces launched new attacks on  Thursday in the towns of Falluja and Tal Afar, which they say  are havens for foreign militant fighters, and doctors said at  least 25 Iraqis were killed in air strikes and fighting.
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The U.S. military pressed an  investigation on Sunday after a warplane bombed the wrong house  in northern Iraq, inflicting a heavy civilian death toll and  fueling anti-American anger three weeks before an election.
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A series of attacks across Iraq killed more than a dozen people, including three U.S. soldiers, authorities said Thursday. The killings came despite assurances from U.S. officials that progress was being made to improve security in the capital.
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The U.S. military and Iraqi government denied reports on Thursday that al Qaeda's leader in Iraq had been killed in a raid but said DNA tests would be conducted on bodies recovered after the attack to make sure.
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Iraqi troops backed by U.S. attack helicopters fought militants in central Baghdad on Friday when figures showed a sharp leap in the number of Iraqis who died violently in November.
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The Iraqi government protested against a raid by U.S. forces in Baghdad on Sunday in which the military said 49 gunmen were killed in fierce fighting, but police and witnesses said claimed the lives of many civilians.
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American and Iraqi forces have carried out 452 raids since last week&#039;s killing of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and 104 insurgents were killed during those actions, the U.S. military said Thursday.
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 9 -- U.S.-led forces killed 20 suspected insurgents during a raid targeting fighters from the group al-Qaeda in Iraq northwest of Baghdad on Friday morning, the U.S. military said. Two women were among those killed, the military said.
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Nine Iraqi civilians, including a child, were killed during raids south of Baghdad, the US military admits.
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Insurgents bent on wrecking Sunday's  election in Iraq killed 10 Iraqis and five U.S. troops on  Friday but the government said it had caught three al Qaeda  lieutenants and insisted guerrillas were on the defensive.
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BAGHDAD -- US soldiers in eastern Baghdad clashed with Shi'ite militiamen over several hours yesterday, leaving at least 11 Iraqis dead and an unknown number injured, including two children hurt by shrapnel sprayed by a US military attack helicopter, according to American soldiers who took part in the mission.
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In Iraq, the number of deaths is rising for both Iraq and the United States since insurgents have increased attacks. The violence is one reason why some of Iraqi&#39;s political leaders say the country&#39;s upcoming elections should be delayed.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces claimed to have killed more than 100 guerrillas in one of the largest military operations since the war began.