Troops Climbing First Rung of Steep Ladder
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The U.S. strategy in Iraq, Marine Col. T.X. Hammes observed in a recent interview, is a three-step process. "Clear out the insurgents, build up the Iraqi security forces, and then develop and install local governments in preparation for national elections," said Hammes.
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Black Watch troops have move into position ahead of the imminent US and Iraqi assault on the rebel stronghold of Fallujah, it was reported today.
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Interactive: Follow one of the fiercest battles British troops have faced in Afghanistan
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The aim is to accelerate deployment of Iraqi forces against the insurgents.
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Matt Stairs and Adam Lind each have two RBIs during an eight-run, first-inning outburst that launches an 8-5 victory over the Orioles.
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An advance team of French peacekeepers wove around rubble and minefields Wednesday as it made its way through destroyed villages on one of its first reconnaissance missions in southern Lebanon.
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Troops from the Black Watch regiment have begun a major operation in central Iraq.
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Violence is down in the first weeks of a troop buildup, but the military's response has been guarded -- with good reason
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Life with the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment in southern Afghanistan is a battle not only against a stealthy and stubborn enemy but against some of the earth&#039;s harshest natural elements.
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The soldiers from Comanche Companyâs First Platoon faced a network of houses rigged to explode by insurgents.
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Four hundred reinforcement troops from  the 1st Battalion, Royal Highland Fusiliers, arrive at their Iraq base.
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BEIJING  - A group of as many as 18 people entered the Canadian Embassy on Wednesday, using ladders to scale a wall of the compound, a police officer said.
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ARGHINDAB RIVER VALLEY, Afghanistan  - British-led armored columns of NATO troops swept into southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Friday, launching one of the biggest operations in months.
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Soldiers from the Black Watch are preparing to target criminal and terrorist gangs as they settle into the regiment&#39;s latest base in a US-controlled area of Iraq.
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About 50 Airmen from the 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron here, along with four from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, low crawled and convoyed their way to becoming an 'Army of One.' This prepared them to deploy ...
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American soldiers venture out of their bases into dangerous streets, confronting myriad of  unseen risks.
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British troops today handed over responsibilty for security in the southern Iraqi province of Basra, a major landmark in the scaling-back of the foreign military presence nearly five years on from the U.S.-led invasion. "As you step up, we step back," British commander, Maj. Gen. Graham Binns, told Iraqi leaders.