Attacks on U.S. in Iraq up since threat
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Attacks against U.S. forces have increased following a call earlier this month from al-Qaida in Iraq's leader to target the Americans, the top U.S. military spokesman said Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON In contrast to statements last week by President George W. Bush, Secretary of State Colin Powell has conceded that the Iraq insurgency is growing more violent.
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The U.S. commander for northern Iraq called for reinforcements yesterday, citing a rise in sectarian attacks and other violence in his region as Iraqi and American forces focus on securing Baghdad.
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Attacks in Iraq on U.S.-led forces, local security personnel and civilians have surged 22 percent to record levels, the Pentagon said in its latest quarterly report on Iraq published on Monday.
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Insurgent attacks have risen in western Iraq but Iraqi troops are beginning to take responsibility for a bigger area of Iraq's most troubled province, the top Marine commander in Iraq said Wednesday.
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Insurgents have mounted fresh attacks in Baghdad and a US-Lebanese contractor has become the latest victim of a kidnapping spree in the run-up to a threatened US assault on rebel-held Falluja and Ramadi.
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Top U.S. generals warned Wednesday that violence will increase in Baghdad during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and said al-Qaida in Iraq already has intensified its assaults against American troops.
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A top U.S. general said on Thursday insurgents in Iraq were using crude chemical bombs in a new campaign to create instability, as U.S. and Iraqi forces stepped up a security crackdown in Baghdad.
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The major  U.S. offensive launched last weekend against insurgents in and around Baghdad has significantly expanded the military's battleground in Iraq -- "a surge of operations," and no longer just of troops, as the second-ranking U.S. commander there said yesterday -- but it has renewed concerns...
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At a time when Iraqi insurgents are targeting local police officers and recruits for attack, the United States has raised by one-third -- to 135,000 -- the size of the Iraqi police force it says will be needed to help secure the country, according to information the administration has provided to Congress.
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The impending attack could decentralize the Iraqi insurgency and increase the risk of violence during elections.
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Suspected al Qaeda militants have stepped up attacks in Iraq, the U.S. military said on Wednesday, as a spate of bombings in the north of the country killed 15 people and wounded dozens.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a series of operations on Tuesday targeting al Qaeda in Iraq after an upsurge in suicide bombings which U.S. commanders say are an attempt by the militant group to reignite sectarian violence.
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Insurgents have launched new attacks in several Iraqi cities, continuing their campaign of violence in the face of a US and Iraqi offensive to crush them.
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The U.S. military death toll in Iraq rose by at least three Monday and the November total is approaching the highest for any month since the American-led invasion was launched in March 2003.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A spate of attacks, including a suicide car bombing, pushed the number of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq campaign past 1,000, with the majority inflicted by an insurgency that grew after President Bush declared major combat over...
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The United States is expanding its military force in Iraq to the highest level of the war &#151; even higher than during the initial invasion in March 2003 &#151; in order to bolster security in advance of next month's national elections.