Heavy clashes in Ramadi as troops buildup
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offensive to retake the insurgent-held cities has begun on the eve of the US presidential election. company&#39;s office in Baghdad, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.
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The American military and Iraqi soldiers continued today to try to secure the heart of this city rife with insurgents.
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Iraqi rebels seized the centre of the city of Ramadi and attacked police stations elsewhere as US-led troops continued their Falluja assault.
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A heavily armored force of 3,000 US troops followed by 2,000 Iraqi soldiers, police, commandos and national guardsmen swept into Samarra yesterday to confront
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Fierce clashes erupted between US forces and Iraqi fighters in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Wednesday, killing at least two Iraqi civilians, witnesses and medics said.
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But as the battle intensified in Falluja, insurgents roamed the streets of Mosul and the nearby town of Ramadi.
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Treading into yet another flashpoint city, U.S. Marines and Iraqi security forces began a series of raids Tuesday on mosques in and around the Sunni city of Ramadi following an upsurge in the use of mosques for insurgent activity, the military announced.
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BAGHDAD -- US and Iraqi forces have moved aggressively in the past week to combat Sunni Arab insurgents in neighborhoods across the capital and to establish a stronger presence in religiously mixed districts plagued by sectarian violence.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Clashes intensified on Friday between the Lebanese army and Islamist fighters who had retreated into the heart of a Palestinian refugee camp after troops captured all their outlying positions.
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US forces traded fire with insurgents in the Sunni stronghold of Ramadi following a series of raids, residents said Thursday, and at least eight people were reported killed.
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It was one of the most violent days in recent weeks even as Iraqi forces stepped up operations against insurgents.
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Insurgents launched a deadly ambush Sunday in the guerrilla stronghold of Ramadi, killing eight Iraqi National Guardsmen and injuring 18 others, police said.
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Some of the heaviest fighting in months hits Somalia's Mogadishu as Ethiopian troops battle local insurgents.
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Sporadic gunfire echoed through this Sunni Muslim stronghold Saturday as U.S. and Iraqi forces battled pockets of resistance a day after the start of what appeared to be the first major push to regain control of a string of cities before elections in January.
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US and Iraqi forces have raided seven mosques believed to be providing support for insurgents in the restive western city of Ramadi.
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U.S. troops said they killed 18 insurgents in fierce clashes in the volatile western Iraqi city of Ramadi, while the military said it was checking reports that a helicopter had gone down north of Baghdad on Friday.
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Fierce clashes erupted between US occupation forces and Iraqi fighters in the shattered city of Fallujah, causing casualties on both sides, the US army said.