US and British forces sweep through Iraq&#39;s &#39;death triangle&#39;
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LATIFIYAH, Iraq  - American, British and Iraqi forces continued a major sweep through Iraq&#39;s &quot;triangle of death&quot; to try to smash rebel enclaves before landmark elections in January.
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many people were killed. The US military last week claimed to have killed around 100 of Zarqawi&#39;s. militiamen who have the area largely under their control.
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US forces have killed at least 17 people in northern Iraq after attacking groups attempting to remove foreign troops and security forces loyal to Baghdad&#39;s Washington-imposed government.
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US-led forces swept hotspots in a &quot;triangle of death&quot; on Wednesday in a push to reclaim rebel enclaves ahead of key January polls, as more than 200 political groups threw their hat in the electoral ring.
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MOSUL, Iraq -- US and Iraqi troops stormed insurgent-held police stations and neighborhoods in this northern city Tuesday, retaking a number of sites seized last week by gunmen who rose up in support of militants in Fallujah.
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US and Iraqi forces have pushed into the western edge of insurgent-held Fallujah and taken control of the city&#39;s main hospital and two key bridges over the Euphrates river.
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BRITISH troops joined their US and Iraqi counterparts in a massive new offensive against insurgent strongholds yesterday as efforts intensified to restore government control in time for January 30 elections.
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US warplanes, tanks and artillery repeatedly hit at Abu Musab al-Zarqawi&#39;s terrorist network in the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah yesterday, and two British Muslim leaders came to Baghdad to try to persuade his followers to free a British hostage.
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THE decision to send Black Watch troops into Iraqâs âtriangle of deathâ followed requests by British military chiefs to take over a US-controlled area.
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Hundreds of British troops raided houses of suspected Saddam Hussein loyalists Thursday in the latest phase of a US-led operation to crack down on guerrilla strongholds in the lawless territory south of Baghdad.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s cabinet made a decision on a US request to deploy British troops in Iraq into an area controlled by American forces.
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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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US and Iraqi forces have pushed on with their second major offensive in a week, hunting insurgents in a triangle southwest of Baghdad that has become one of Iraq&#39;s most notorious hot spots.
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British troops are being redeployed to central Iraq after a request for assistance from the US. The BBC&#39;s Paul Wood describes what they can expect when they move into the &quot;triangle of death&quot; south of Baghdad.
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More than 5,000 US, British and Iraqi troops swept through a lawless region south of Baghdad on Tuesday in a new move to crush insurgent unrest before national elections in January.
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British troops moved from Basra on Wednesday to take over an area near Baghdad in a move that could set the stage for a US attack on rebel-held Falluja.
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16 November 2004 -- US and Iraqi forces today launched operations in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul to clear insurgents who have been active in the city during the past week.