Joint forces hit redoubt of Iraqi insurgents
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SAMARRA, Iraq US and Iraqi forces began a major assault Friday to regain control of the insurgent stronghold of Samarra, trading gunfire with militants as they pushed toward the city center.
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Guerrillas are staging a counteroffensive as U.S. troops struggled to flush the remaining insurgents from Falluja.
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The second major attack on American forces this month underscored the grim situation in a militant stronghold.
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American jets, helicopters and artillery pounded insurgents today in and around Falluja, which the military says is home to a terror network headed by the Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq &#151; U.S. troops pounded insurgents in Mosul, Iraq's third largest city, after guerrillas attacked police stations and bridges in an apparent attempt to relieve pressure on Fallujah, where American forces continued their assault on the rebel stronghold.
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At least five Iraqis die as insurgents target US forces in central Iraq, reports say.
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BAGHDAD - US and Iraqi forces pushed on with their second major offensive in a week yesterday, hunting insurgents in a triangle south-west of Baghdad that has become one of Iraq&#39;s most notorious hot spots.
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US and Iraqi troops were targeting groups of insurgents in Mosul to gain control of the northern Iraqi city, the military said. The assault on Mosul, Iraq&#39;s third-largest city, follows
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AFTER a night of pounding Fallujah, 10,000 US and Iraqi troops scrambled over a railway embankment on the city&#39;s outskirts. They immediately confronted insurgents
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- US forces flushed out insurgent holdouts in this ravaged city yesterday, while the interim Iraqi government dispatched reinforcements to the northern city of Mosul, where police control has crumbled in the face of guerrilla attacks.
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It was one of the most violent days in recent weeks even as Iraqi forces stepped up operations against insurgents.
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Captured video shows what appears to be Iraqi insurgents preparing for battle and attacking US forces.
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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.
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BAGHDAD, 15 November 2004 - As US troops and Iraqi security forces were âmopping upâ the remnants of insurgents in Fallujah yesterday, they were fighting to retake parts of Mosul in the north overrun by insurgents.
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US and Iraqi forces battled their way into the heart of one of Iraq&#39;s key insurgency strongholds Friday in the first of a series of promised major offensives to regain control of areas lost to the rebels.
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Insurgents in Iraq have launched a series of attacks which killed 23 people on Sunday. This brings the total death toll from three days of violence to more than 70.
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Insurgents launched several strikes on Saturday, with the deadliest attack occurring outside a Marine base in western Iraq.