U.S. Forces Launch Attack on Samarra
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U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a major attack against the insurgent stronghold of Samarra early Friday, securing government and police buildings in the city, the U.S. command said.
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US and Iraqi forces launched a major attack against the insurgent stronghold of Samarra early today, securing government and police buildings in the city, the US command said. The offensive came in response to &quot;repeated and unprovoked attacks by anti-Iraqi forces&quot; against Iraqi and coalition forces, the military said in a statement. Its aim was to kill or capture insurgents ...
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces tightened their  grip on a rebel-held city on Sunday in the first step of a  campaign to take back all of Iraq but ignited complaints about  the cost in lives and suffering.
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi forces pushed on  with their offensive against insurgents in the town of Samarra  overnight, killing five people and wounding 20 in the fighting,  a doctor at a local hospital said Saturday.
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U.S. and Iraqi troops surged into the rebel-controlled city of Samarra Friday, killing more than 90 insurgents in house-to-house combat supported by airstrikes and armor.
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi forces on Sunday  declared victory in Samarra where they battled hundreds of  guerrillas in the first step of a drive to take back all of  Iraq's rebel-held areas by year's end.
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Insurgents launched assaults around the city of Samarra on Wednesday, trading gunfire with US forces, attacking a convoy, and blowing up a police station after looting its armory.
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - U.S. forces launched a major  offensive against insurgents in the northern Iraqi city of  Samarra early Friday, residents reported.
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces stormed Samarra  Friday and said nearly 100 guerrillas were killed in air  strikes and street-to-street combat during a major new American  offensive to wrest control of the Iraqi town.
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 8. - Insurgents launched a string of assaults around Samarra today, trading gunfire with US forces, attacking a convoy, and blowing up a police station after looting its armoury, officials said.
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American forces with their Iraqi allies penetrated the northern city of Samarrah for the first time in a month yesterday in an attempt to recapture territory that has slipped out of coalition control in recent weeks.
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US and Iraqi forces launched a major assault Friday to regain control of the insurgent stronghold of Samarra, and hospital officials said at least 21 people were killed and 35 wounded.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. jets pounded the rebel stronghold of Fallujah on Thursday, and American and Iraqi forces entered the central city of Samarra for the first time in months to try to reseat the city council and regain control...
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US and Iraqi forces begin a major operation against rebels in Iraq's northern city of Samarra, reports say.
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SAMARRA, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a major assault Friday to regain control of the insurgent stronghold of Samarra, and hospital officials said at least 80 people were killed and 100 wounded...
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U.S. and Iraqi forces scoured Samarra for holdouts today after reclaiming control of the city from Sunni militants in fierce fighting that won praise for Iraqi troops.
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U.S. forces have launched a major  offensive on the rebel stronghold of Samarra after a series of  horrific car bombings in Baghdad on Thursday that killed 41  people, mostly children.