Pentagon Sets Steps to Retake Iraq Rebel Sites
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Pentagon planners and military commanders have identified areas in Iraq that must be brought under control before elections.
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US and Iraqi troops have pushed into the insurgent stronghold of Samarra, north of Baghdad, re-taking key government buildings and religious sites.
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The US military in Iraq will move into insurgent-filled &quot;no-go zones&quot; to stabilize them in advance of elections in January, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday.
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The Pentagon notified U.S. military  combat units based in seven states on Tuesday that they are  likely to be part of next-year's planned rotation of American  forces into Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The US-led assault on Fallujah is the first of what promises to be a series of military operations to secure towns and cities where insurgents could
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Monday portrayed the retaking of the Iraqi city of Samarra over the weekend by U.S. and Iraqi forces as a model for the military action that he said is likely to be needed to reestablish government control elsewhere in Iraq.
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Faced with a growing insurgency and a January deadline for national elections, American commanders in Iraq say they are preparing operations to open up rebel-held
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Iraqi commanders are urging the Americans to go after Sunni targets as the first focus of the military push to secure Baghdad, displaying a sectarian tilt that is delaying full implementation of the plan to drive gunmen from the streets, U.S. officers say.
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U.S. forces in Iraq on Friday launched a  big offensive in the rebel stronghold of Samarra and said they  had secured key government and police buildings.
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U.S.-led forces turned over control of Iraq's military command to the Shiite-led government Thursday, a key step toward the eventual withdrawal of foreign troops.
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi forces tightened  their grip on Samarra Saturday, pushing ahead with one of the  largest offensives since the fall of Saddam Hussein to try to  regain control of the rebel stronghold.
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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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BAGHDAD -- US military and Iraqi security forces have begun a massive effort to seal off Baghdad with a ring of reinforced checkpoints, berms, trenches, barriers, and fences, in an attempt to clamp down on insurgents, officials said yesterday.
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The Pentagon is drawing up a plan that would give the military a more prominent role in intelligence-collection operations.
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Iraq's government said on Sunday it was taking important steps to end what it called the "terrorist actions" of Kurdish rebels who use its mountainous north as a base for attacks on neighboring Turkey.
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US and Iraqi forces tightened their grip on the rebel stronghold of Samarra on Saturday with one of the largest offensives since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
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The US military will move into insurgent-heavy &quot;no-go zones&quot; in Iraq to clear the way for legitimate elections in January, Secretary of State Colin Powell says.