U.S. says 10,000 troops in major Iraq offensive
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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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The United States is likely to move more than 1,000 troops into Baghdad from elsewhere in Iraq, a U.S. defense official said on Wednesday.
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More than 10,000 U.S. soldiers and Marines have taken positions around Fallujah for an expected assault, as U.S. jets pummeled insurgent targets Friday and troops blocked key roads. Iraq's prime minister warned the "window is closing" to avert an offensive.
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The United States plans to increase its military force in Iraq by 12,000 soldiers and Marines, bringing combat strength to the highest level since the invasion in 2003.
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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.
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BAGHDAD, June 19 -- U.S. troops backed by helicopters and Bradley Fighting Vehicles launched a major offensive Tuesday to clear the Sunni extremist group al-Qaeda in Iraq from its new stronghold in Diyala province north of the capital, the U.S. military said in a statement.
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The United States has expanded its   force in Iraq to 140,000 troops, the most since January and   13,000 more than five weeks ago, the Pentagon said on Thursday,   amid relentless violence in Baghdad and elsewhere.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a major operation to strike against al-Qaida in Iraq and other extremists, the U.S. military said Tuesday, hoping to build on a recent reduction of violence and push militants from their strongholds.
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More than 3,000 U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a major operation Tuesday against insurgent strongholds just south of Baghdad, their second mission in five days to wrest control from militants whose attacks threaten national elections seen as crucial to stabilizing this turbulent country.
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Ten U.S. forces were killed in four separate incidents Wednesday in Iraq, the U.S. military said.
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More than 10,000 US soldiers and Marines have taken positions around Fallujah for an expected assault, as US jets Friday pummeled insurgent targets and troops blocked key roads.
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The US military says 10,000 US and Iraqi troops are moving against al-Qaeda networks north of Baghdad.
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The Defense Department will increase the number of troops in Iraq by 12,000, Joint Staff officials said at a Pentagon news conference today.
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The major  U.S. offensive launched last weekend against insurgents in and around Baghdad has significantly expanded the military's battleground in Iraq -- "a surge of operations," and no longer just of troops, as the second-ranking U.S. commander there said yesterday -- but it has renewed concerns...
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Roughly 10,000 to 15,000 U.S. and  Iraqi troops were involved in the assault on Monday on the  rebel-held Iraqi city of Falluja, where about 3,000 insurgents  are holed up, the top U.S. commander in Iraq said.
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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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U.S. and Iraqi forces have killed or  captured 15,000 people over the past year in their fight  against an insurgency ravaging Iraq, the commander of U.S.  forces in the country said Wednesday.