Iraqi resistance pushes the US back
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Iraqi resistance fighters are steadily rolling back the US-led occupation of their country, turning one city after another into a âno-goâ zone for the occupation troops.
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US and Iraqi forces launched an offensive in Mosul last night as US forces battled pockets of resistance in Fallujah and clashes that spread northeast of Baghdad killed more than 50 people.
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US and Iraqi forces have pressed on with aggressive raids against Sunni Muslim insurgents in towns southwest of Baghdad, racing against time to quell rebellion in time for an election in January.
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BAGHDAD : US and Iraqi forces swept rebel bastions south of Baghdad and pounded positions held by Iraq&#39;s most wanted, Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, in Fallujah, pressing on with a promised anti-insurgency crackdown as Iraq again took centre stage in the US
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NAJAF, Iraq -- US infantrymen engaged in fierce battles with cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's militants yesterday, and US tanks moved closer to Imam Ali Shrine as the American military stepped up pressure on the insurgents to leave the holy site and end their uprising.
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Rebels mounted fierce counterattacks against rapid advances by US troops into the southern part of Fallujah, while insurgents elsewhere in Iraq appear to
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The government faces pressure over plans to send UK troops towards central Iraq to assist US forces.
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US and Iraqi forces pushed on with their second major offensive in a week Wednesday, hunting insurgents in a triangle southwest of Baghdad that has become one of Iraq&#39;s most notorious hot spots.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- US and Iraqi forces, facing sporadic but stiff resistance, advanced into the heart of Fallujah yesterday on the second day of a major offensive to wrest control of the insurgent stronghold.
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US troops are fighting to crush resistance in the Iraqi city of Falluja but rebels have hit back with an armed rampage in Mosul and a car bomb
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The US government is under pressure from political opponents on whether Iraq's poll can be held as planned.
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. US-led forces met heavy resistance in Falluja as they battled toward the heart of Iraq&#39;s most resistant city on Tuesday, officers said.
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WASHINGTON -- The United States is backing away from efforts to pressure European allies to join or remain in the American-led military force in Iraq and instead is working to coax those countries into participating in other initiatives in the region, according to senior Bush administration and European officials.
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Resistance to the occupation of Iraq is more widespread than the pockets of insurgency described by Iraqi officials, data shows.
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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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US forces battled rebels in Ramadi and shelled Falluja on Monday, but there was no sign that an all-out American-led offensive to retake the insurgent-held cities had begun on the eve of the US presidential election.
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As negotiations between Moktada al-Sadr and the interim Iraqi government stalled today, American forces intensified pressure on rebels loyal to Mr.