U.S. Plans Year-End Drive to Take Iraqi Rebel Areas
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American commanders in Iraq say they are preparing operations to open up rebel-held areas, especially Falluja, the restive city west of Baghdad now under control of insurgents and Islamist groups.
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The Bush administration, faced with  a growing insurgency and record fuel costs, plans early next  year to seek $50 billion to $75 billion in emergency funding  for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, administration  and congressional officials said on Tuesday.
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With U.S. control imperiled in Iraq, the military vows to oust the insurgents from their havens. Here's what it will take
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In April 2003, as the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was ending, the Pentagon projected in a formal planning effort that the U.S. military occupation of the country would end this month.
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The United States was set on Thursday   to hand over formal command of Iraqi troops to Prime Minister   Nuri al-Maliki's government, a significant step toward the   withdrawal of some 150,000 U.S.-led foreign troops.
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Faced with a growing insurgency and a January deadline for national elections, American commanders in Iraq say they are preparing operations to open up rebel-held
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U.S. forces in Iraq are focusing their latest major operation on al Qaeda guerrillas who regrouped north of Baghdad after fleeing other parts of the country, the U.S. commander for northern Iraq said on Wednesday.
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U.S. commanders say they are preparing to open up rebel-held areas, especially Falluja, which is under control of insurgents.
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The US military plans to deploy robots armed with machine-guns to wage war against insurgents in Iraq.
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The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown announced Tuesday that Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran and ordered the return of unlawfully seized homes, as part of the drive to end the violence that has threatened to divide the capital along sectarian lines.
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BAGHDAD: Iraq announced plans Monday to roll out an arms-for-cash program across the country as hopes of fresh talks to avert a US military showdown in the Iraqi rebel hub of
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Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission, The Associated Press has learned
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Blending diplomacy with American firepower, Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi is moving closer to bringing rebel areas under government
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In the coming weeks, the U.S. and Iraq's government must still combat a resilient and dangerous insurgency outside Falluja.
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The United States and Iraq are crafting a two-pronged plan to prepare for Iraq&#39;s first democratic election in January, combining a fall military offensive to evict insurgents
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The Bush administration says an all-out effort will be made to secure troubled parts of Iraq before scheduled elections in January.
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi forces tightened  their grip on Samarra Saturday, pushing ahead with one of the  largest offensives since the fall of Saddam Hussein to try to  regain control of the rebel stronghold.