&#39;100 rebels dead&#39; after US troops storm Samarra
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American forces have stormed the rebel-held town of Samarra, claiming more than 100 insurgents killed, as coalition forces try to establish control in the Sunni triangle.
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US and Iraqi forces battled pockets of resistance in Samarra on Saturday, shaking the city with sporadic gunfire as US and Iraqi commanders claimed success in their two-day-old offensive to regain control of the Sunni insurgent stronghold.
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US-led and Afghan troops battled suspected Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan yesterday in ground clashes and air strikes that left more than 100 militants dead, the coalition said.
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US forces poised to assault Falluja bombarded the rebel stronghold on Saturday, while insurgents launched deadly attacks that killed 34 people in Samarra, another city in Iraq&#39;s Sunni Muslim heartland.
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Baghdad, Oct. 1 (NNN): At least 100 people, including 80 insurgents were killed and hundreds others injured as the US military launched a major offensive to re-take the northern Iraqi city of Samarra, about 100 kilometres north of the capital, Baghdad.
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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.-led forces stormed Samarra  on 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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US-led forces launched operations in three Iraqi rebel strongholds on Thursday, killing nearly two dozen insurgents in a town near the Syrian border and bombing targets in Fallujah for the third straight day.
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American-led forces stormed the rebel stronghold of Samarra yesterday, launching a major offensive to wrest back control of the country&#39;s so-called &quot;no-go&quot; areas before the elections scheduled for January.
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US 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.
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US-led forces continued their offensive on the rebel stronghold of Samarra yesterday, with the death toll rising to 125 Elsewhere, 12 people were killed in clashes in Sadr City, and
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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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American forces began an offensive to seize back control of the Iraqi city of Samarra yesterday, claiming to have killed almost 100 insurgents in several hours of bombing raids and street fighting.
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Iraqi security forces and American troops have been patrolling the battered streets of Samarra as normal life began returning after a US-led assault wrested the city from rebels.
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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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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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US-led forces on Sunday declared victory in Samarra, the first step of a drive to take back all Iraq&#39;s rebel-held areas before elections in January.