80 Iraqi guerrillas killed in assault on town
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MORE than 80 militants were killed today as United States and Iraqi forces pushed into Samarra to wrest control of the northern town back from insurgents.
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More than 80 killed and 150 wounded in Iraq as debate intensifies in Washington over US withdrawal.
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GUERRILLAS shot dead 17 Iraqis working for US forces north of Baghdad yesterday, and killed six other people, including three Iraqi National Guard members, taking the toll from three days of violence to more than 70.
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Guerrillas killed 20 people in attacks  in Iraq Tuesday, and Prime Minister Iyad Allawi acknowledged  what he called pockets of the country would be too unsafe for  voting in a Jan. 30 election.
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Afraid to stray from home, residents buried the dead in their gardens Saturday as U.S. and Iraqi forces battled pockets of resistance in this former insurgent stronghold, where the American military said 125 rebels were killed and 88 captured in two days of fierce fighting. The American commander declared the operation a successful first step in a major push to wrest key areas from insurgent control before January elections.
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An estimated 70 to 80 Taliban militants were killed by NATO soldiers in fighting in southern Afghanistan after police told military authorities where insurgents had gathered, an official said Monday.
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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 80 people were killed and 100 wounded.
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Guerrillas shot dead 17 Iraqis working  for U.S. forces north of Baghdad Sunday and killed six other  people, including three Iraqi National Guards, taking the toll  from three days of violence to more than 70.
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Strong explosions shook central Baghdad at dawn on Sunday and heavy fighting erupted in a street notorious as a rebel stronghold, in violence that killed at least eight Iraqis, the U.S. army and witnesses said.
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West of the Iraqi capital of Bagdad, US forces launched attacks Thursday in the Sunni insurgent strongholds of Fallujah and Ramadi, killing up to 60 insurgents, a military statement said.
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About 80 Taleban are killed in a battle with US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan, officials say.
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At least 80 people were reported dead today after US and Iraqi forces launched a major assault to regain control of the rebel stronghold of Samarra.
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RAMADI, Iraq -- Medical officials say fighting between US troops and Iraqi insurgents in the western city of Ramadi has killed at least eight civilians and wounded nearly 20 others.
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US troops rounded up 49 suspected guerrillas near Saddam Hussein&#39;s hometown on Friday, a day after Iraq&#39;s most violent rebel groups warned
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U.S. and Iraqi forces pushed into  Samarra on Friday to wrest control of the northern town back  from insurgents, and the American military said 80 militants  were killed in hours of fierce street fighting and air strikes.
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U.S. warplanes, tanks and artillery units attacked the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah on Saturday, killing at least eight people and wounding 15, hospital officials and witnesses said.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Between 21 and 35 right-wing  paramilitaries were killed in combat with the Colombian army,  and Marxist rebels killed the mayor of a small town,  authorities said Saturday.