6,500 American G.I.'s and 2,000 Iraqis on Attack
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Thousands of American troops are advancing across the deadly streets and alleyways of the rebel-held city.
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More than 3,000 US and Iraqi forces launched an offensive on another rebel enclave in Iraq as Prime Minister Iyad Allawi pledged new plans to crush insurgents before promised January elections.
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Insurgents and American forces clashed briefly Thursday near the Iraqi city. A large US assault is expected.
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MAHMUDIYAH They have taken the thumbprints and retinal scans from more than 1,000 people. They have locked down three suspected attackers in American custody. They have dispatched 4,000 of their own soldiers and 2,000 Iraqis to traverse 32 search zones day after day in the heat and the dust of th...
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Car bombs and mortar attacks killed 50 people in Iraq, police and local officials said on Saturday, while the U.S. military said six of its soldiers had been killed in the past two days.
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Thousands of U.S. troops and Iraqi  forces pursued a campaign of raids on suspected guerrilla bases  in Sunni Muslim towns and villages south of Baghdad on  Wednesday, the U.S. military said.
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The US military presence in Iraq will grow by nearly 12,000 troops to 150,000 by next month, the largest level since the invasion last year, to provide security for the Iraqi elections
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More than 3,000 US and Iraqi soldiers started a major operation yesterday against insurgent strongholds just south of Baghdad, their second mission in five days to take control from militants whose attacks threaten national elections seen as crucial to
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American forces are gearing up for a major operation in the insurgent bastion of Fallujah, where up to 5,000 Islamic militants, Saddam
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Developments in Iraq on Saturday:
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The U.S. military said it had launched a major offensive against al Qaeda north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Tuesday involving around 10,000 soldiers.
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A report found an average of almost 960 attacks on U.S. and Iraqi targets every week from early August to early November.
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American jets and artillery batteries launched attacks on the insurgent-held city of Fallujah yesterday, hitting targets in the run-up to what could be a major assault on the Sunni- dominated town.
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US, British and Iraqi forces are focusing this time on a hotbed south of the capital. BAGHDAD -- About 5,000 US marines, British troops and Iraqi commandos launched raids and arrested suspected insurgents
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Backed by tanks and artillery fire, US troops launched a major attack Saturday against insurgent holdouts in southern Fallujah, hoping to finish off resistance in what had been the major guerrilla bastion of central Iraq.
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at least 47 people in the deadliest single attack in the Iraqi capital in six months. responsibility for Tuesday&#39;s blast, which it said was carried out by a suicide attacker.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a series of operations on Tuesday targeting al Qaeda in Iraq after an upsurge in suicide bombings which U.S. commanders say are an attempt by the militant group to reignite sectarian violence.