10,000 US troops attack insurgents
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Â· Military surge in north and south of Iraq  Â· 75 people reported killed in mosque bomb
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Ten US troops are killed in Iraq, officials say, making May the deadliest month this year for the US military.
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The U.S. military deployed 10,000 soldiers backed by attack helicopters in an offensive against al Qaeda north of Baghdad on Tuesday, in one of the biggest operations since the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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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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10 September 2004 -- United States military forces have been carrying out operations targeting insurgents in three Iraqi cities. The US military said yesterday that 57 insurgents had been killed in US attacks
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US troops backed by thunderous air and artillery barrages launched a ground offensive Monday to seize key insurgent strongholds inside
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FALLUJAH: About 1,000 insurgents have been killed and 200 injured in a week-long offensive in Fallujah as US troops backed by tanks and artillery fire, launched a major attack yesterday against insurgent holdouts.
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American forces battled through boobytrapped lanes in a swift advance to city center. The military said at least 71 militants and 10 U.S. troopers were killed as of the beginning of the third day of intense urban combat.
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The aim is to accelerate deployment of Iraqi forces against the insurgents.
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A tank fires a round into a building in this TV image as US troops, along with Iraqi forces, powered their way into the center of the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, Iraq, on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2004, overwhelming
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Ten U.S. troops and two Iraqi troops  fighting alongside the Americans have been killed in the  offensive to take control of the rebel-held city Falluja, U.S.  military spokesmen said on Tuesday.
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The U.S. military said it had launched a major offensive against al Qaeda north of Baghdad on Tuesday involving 10,000 soldiers, in one of the single biggest operations against the Sunni Islamist militant group in Iraq.
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MOSUL, Iraq - US troops fought insurgents on the streets of Iraqâs third-largest city on Monday, where violence has surged during a week-long offensive to capture the city of Fallujah from rebels.
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MORE than 3000 US and Iraqi troops launched an operation in the southern approaches to Baghdad today, seizing a possible insurgent training camp and capturing more than 160 suspected rebels, the US military command said.
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The US military in Afghanistan says US-led coalition forces have killed at least 22 insurgents, including several Arabs, during a clash in southern Zabul province.
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US FORCES launched a large ground and air offensive against insurgents in Mosul yesterday in an effort to retake areas lost to the rebels in heavy fighting last week.
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Roughly 10,000 to 15,000 U.S. and  Iraqi troops were involved in the ground assault to take  control of the rebel-held Iraqi city Falluja on Monday, the top  U.S. commander in Iraq said.