Highest US troop level ahead of Fallujah assault
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America has increased its troop numbers in Iraq to their highest levels since the war ended, it emerged today. Home leave has been delayed for several months for tens of thousands
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The Pentagon said Wednesday that it will boost the number of U.S. troops in Iraq to about 150,000, the highest level since the U.S. occupation began 19 months ago.
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US warplanes kept up the bombing of Fallujah early today as more than 35,000 Iraqi and US troops amassed outside the western city, in preparation for a possible assault on insurgents who threaten to disrupt January elections.
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Nearly all of  Fallujah's 250,000 residents emptied the city  in advance of the military operation. The city partially reopened to residents on Dec. 23, and U.S. military officials now estimate that 60,000 people have come back, but not everyone who has returned has opted to stay.
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A brigade of new American troops arrive in Baghdad to make the total US troop stationed in the Iraqi capital to 40,000 by Monday, as the US and Iraqi forces have warned of a major assault on rebel held areas in Iraq, ahead of the countryâs elections in
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The long-awaited assault on by US troops on the Iraqi city of Fallujah appears to have started. US forces have stormed into western districts seizing the city&#39;s main hospital and securing two key bridges over the Euphrates River.
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The increase would boost American forces in the country to 27,000, the highest level since 2001.
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Fallujah, Iraq -- US Marines said American forces had taken control today of 70 percent of Fallujah in the third day of a major offensive to retake the insurgent stronghold.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq : US-led forces occupy almost the whole of Fallujah but it will still take some time before the rebel enclave is secure, a US marine spokesman said.
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The battle between US and Iraqi forces and insurgents in Fallujah is one of the most important of the war. The offensive will probably bring the heaviest urban fighting since Vietnam, but Iraqi officials hope
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Two battalions totaling 1,500 82nd Airborne Division troops will begin flying to Iraq from Fort Bragg, NC, on Friday, triggering a major build-up of US forces to bolster security for January national elections in the country
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BAGHDAD, November 24 (IslamOnline.net &amp; News Agencies) - US-led occupation troops took Tuesday night, November 23, their offensive from Fallujah to Baghdad with some 5,000 US marines, British troops and Iraqi commandos launching full-scale raids into
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_ US troops are on the offensive in Iraq ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, which is expected to start at the end of the week. The operations appear aimed at preventing a repeat of the
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US troops inspect a car in Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday Nov. 18 2004. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim). BAGHDAD, Iraq Nov 18, 2004 - US troops sweeping through Fallujah on Thursday said they believe they have
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FALLUJAH, Iraq - US troops supported by helicopters and warplanes pushed deeper into Fallujah on Tuesday, overpowering spotty resistance as some insurgents apparently retreated to the city center while others left before the fighting began.
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The U.S. military will boost its  troops in Iraq to 150,000 this month, the highest level since  the war began in March 2003, in order to improve security for  scheduled Jan 30. elections, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
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Most of Iraq is now under a state of emergency as US and Iraqi forces prepare for an expected all-out assault on the city of Fallujah.