US, Iraq declare success in Samarra assault
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SAMARRA (Iraq) - Too afraid to stray far, residents buried the dead in their gardens as US and Iraqi forces battled pockets of resistance on Saturday in this former insurgent stronghold.
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Heavy gunfire and explosions rocked Samarra as US and Iraqi forces launched a major assault Friday to retake control of the insurgent stronghold north of the capital.
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SAMARRA, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a major assault Friday to regain control of the insurgent stronghold of Samarra, trading gunfire with militants as they pushed toward the city center...
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More than 100 people die as US and Iraqi forces launch a major attack to regain control of the town of Samarra.
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US and Iraqi forces have pushed into the insurgent stronghold of Samarra, north of Baghdad and taken control of key government buildings and religious sites.
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U.S. forces in Iraq on Friday launched a big offensive in the rebel stronghold of Samarra and said they had secured key government and police buildings.
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The United States formally handed over   control of Iraq's military to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's   government on Thursday just as rebels unleashed a fresh wave of   deadly bomb attacks on Iraqi security forces.
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TIKRIT, Iraq -- One way or another, the US Army and its Iraqi allies will seize the insurgent-held city of Samarra before January's general election, the US Army commander responsible for the city said yesterday.
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SAMARRA, IRAQ - At least 80 people were killed and 100 injured when US and Iraqi forces pounded the city of Samarra Friday in a major assault on the insurgent stronghold.
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces backed by  warplanes tightened their grip on the rebel stronghold of  Samarra on Saturday, saying they had killed 125 rebels in one  of the largest offensives since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
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Iraq's government welcomes a positive report on the US troop surge by its top commander in the country.
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U.S. and Iraqi troops took control  of government and police buildings in the rebel Iraqi  stronghold of Samarra early on Friday, the U.S. military said.
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One US soldier was killed and four were wounded during an assault alongside Iraqi forces to regain control of the city of Samarra, an insurgent stronghold north of Baghdad, the US military said in an e-mailed statement.
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WASHINGTON US military commanders say the weeklong assault that has wrested most of Falluja back from insurgent control achieved nearly all their objectives well ahead of schedule and with fewer pitfalls than anticipated.
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SAMARRA, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi forces scoured Samarra for holdouts on Sunday after reclaiming control of the city from Sunni militants in fierce fighting that won praise for Iraqi troops...
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces stormed Samarra  Friday and said nearly 100 guerrillas were killed in air  strikes and street-to-street combat during a major new American  offensive to wrest control of the Iraqi town.
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US and Iraqi forces took control of the central Iraqi city of Samarra yesterday but engaged in sporadic clashes with insurgents who had dispersed