U.S. forces focus on north in new Iraq offensive
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U.S. forces in Iraq are focusing their latest major operation on al Qaeda guerrillas who regrouped north of Baghdad after fleeing other parts of the country, the U.S. commander for northern Iraq said on Wednesday.
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The 1st Battalion The Black Watch begins to move north to take over operations from US troops in central Iraq.
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The aim is to accelerate deployment of Iraqi forces against the insurgents.
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16 November 2004 -- US and Iraqi forces today launched operations in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul to clear insurgents who have been active in the city during the past week.
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BAGHDAD - British troops began rolling north to the Baghdad area Wednesday morning, a move that will free up American soldiers to tackle militant-controlled areas.
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BAGHDAD -- US and Iraqi forces launched attacks on Baghdad's northern and southern flanks to clear out Sunni insurgents, Al Qaeda fighters, and Shi'ite militiamen who had fled the capital and Anbar during a four-month-old security operation, military officials said yesterday.
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U.S. and Iraqi security forces launched attacks Thursday to flush out insurgents in northern Iraq, the military and Iraqi officials said.
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Some 5,000 U.S. Marines, British troops and Iraqi forces launched a new offensive Tuesday aimed at clearing a swath of insurgent hotbeds across a cluster of dusty, small towns south of Baghdad.
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US commander of operations north of Baghdad says Iraqi forces are unable hold areas taken from insurgents.
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BAGHDAD, June 19 -- Thousands of U.S. troops waged a new offensive against al-Qaeda in Iraq north of the capital Tuesday, focusing in particular on the extremist group's bombmaking facilities, while at least 60 people were killed and more than 85 wounded in a massive suicide truck blast at a Baghdad...
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U.S. and Iraqi troops pushed into insurgent-heavy neighborhoods and stormed police stations in Mosul on Tuesday, launching an offensive to retake parts of this northern Iraqi city where militants staged a mass uprising last week in support of insurgents in Fallujah.
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US forces launched a new offensive Wednesday against insurgents in an area south of Baghdad dubbed the &#39;&#39;triangle of death,&#39;&#39; while
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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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BAGHDAD, Iraq - More than 3,000 U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a major operation Tuesday against insurgent strongholds just south of Baghdad in an area notorious for kidnappings and ambushes...
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US and Iraqi forces have pushed on with their second major offensive in a week, hunting insurgents in a triangle southwest of Baghdad that has become one of Iraq&#39;s most notorious hot spots.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S and Iraqi forces clashed with insurgents in northern Iraq on Saturday after launching an operation to destroy an alleged militant cell in the town of Tal Afar, the U.S. military said...
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More US troops are on their way to Iraq ahead of elections set for the end of January. The additional forces are intended to bolster security at a time when the country&#39;s insurgency is threatening