In a Volatile Region of Iraq, U.S. Military Takes Two Paths
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AL-FURAT, Iraq -- With a biker's bandanna tied under his helmet, the Special Forces team sergeant gunned a Humvee down a desert road in Iraq's volatile Anbar province. Skirting the restive town of Hit, the team of a dozen soldiers crossed the Euphrates River into an oasis of relative calm: the rural...
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In the hot spot called Haswah, the U.S. military has an unorthodox meeting with their worst enemy in the area
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The American military and the interim Iraqi government are quickly losing control of this provincial capital, which is larger and strategically more important than its
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If US forces prevail, keeping the city stable afterward may influence what happens elsewhere in Iraq.
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Sunni insurgents have been streaming out of Baghdad to escape the security crackdown, carrying the fight to neighboring Diyala province where direct fire attacks on Americans have nearly doubled since last summer, U.S. soldiers say.
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Much of the U.S. strategy in Iraq has become balancing a military campaign with diplomatic maneuvering and economic assistance.
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As the offensive against Fallujah ends, U.S. military commanders have begun turning their attention to other restive regions of Iraq, where an insurgency in Sunni Muslim-dominated areas has proved resilient, possibly endangering nationwide elections scheduled for Jan. 30.
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While attacks on U.S. soldiers remain fairly random and opportunistic, insurgent fighters are targeting places that Iraqis rely on for assistance, frustrating politicians, police and U.S. Army officers.
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US military pressure against insurgents, coupled with Iraqi government efforts to negotiate, may be gaining traction.
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Some in Iraq question how and why war is being waged.
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The town of Yusufiyah was among the most dangerous places in Iraq as Sunni fighters clashed regularly with coalition troops. But new tactics have changed the dynamics. Car bombings are down, the capture of insurgents is up. And Col. Michael Kershaw now greets his former enemies with kisses and shares meals.
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U.S. 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's most notorious hot spots.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces are struggling to ease sectarian tension in one of Iraq's most volatile areas where much of the population seeking security turns to terrorists, not Iraqi troops or police, a U.S. commander said on Friday.
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When the Army of Ansar al Sunna - a group tied to al Qaeda â-ttacks an American base near Mosul it should be apparent that Iraq is the front line in the War on Terrorism.
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As the U.S. was preoccupied with Iraq and Afghanistan, terrorist activity spread in other regions.
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American forces have been confounded by insurgents who have slipped away only to fight another day.
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Military statistics show that U.S. forces have made some headway at protecting the Iraqi population, but there are questions over whether the gains can be sustained.