Iraqi Ground Attacks Prompt U.S. to Airlift Supplies
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The deadly attacks against U.S.  forces on Iraqi highways have prompted the Air Force to  increase its use of aircraft to carry supplies to American  troops on the most dangerous routes.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - More than 3,000 U.S. and Iraqi troops launched an operation in the southern approaches to Baghdad on Tuesday, seizing a suspected insurgent training camp and capturing more than 160 alleged rebels, the U.S...
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US FORCES launched a large ground and air offensive against insurgents in Mosul yesterday in an effort to retake areas lost to the rebels in heavy fighting last week.
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U.S. military  crews are launching more than 100 helicopter flights a day from  the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln ferrying food, water  and medicine to tsunami victims, a task they say is far more  satisfactory than the Iraq war that seems only to destroy.
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BAGHDAD, Jan. 10 -- In the span of 10 minutes Thursday, American warplanes dropped as much explosive south of Baghdad as they usually do in a month, a thundering barrage of more than 40,000 pounds of bombs intended to blow up stashes of insurgent weapons.
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The U.S. military is delivering tens of thousands of pounds of relief supplies to southeast Asia, drawing on a worldwide network of ships, planes and other resources in its largest humanitarian mission in decades.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq is suffering a shortage of state-supplied wheat, sugar, and rice because of logistics and security problems, officials and traders said yesterday.
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BLUNDERING American troops have let 380 tons of high explosives disappear from an Iraqi military base. Terrorists and insurgents are feared to have raided the weapons stockpiles at the Al
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US planes bring fresh military supplies to Lebanon, as a stand-off between the army and militants continues.
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Boosting U.S. troop levels in Iraq by 21,500 would create major logistical hurdles for the Army and Marine Corps, which are short thousands of vehicles, armor kits and other equipment needed to supply the extra forces, U.S. officials said.
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U.S. Marines launched air and ground attacks Thursday on the insurgent bastion Fallujah after city representatives suspended peace talks with the government over Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's demand to hand over terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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The U.S. Air Force on Friday sent  three cargo planes to carry Rwandan forces and equipment to  Darfur to assist an African Union peacekeeping effort in the  violent region of western Sudan.
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The invasion of Iraq was prompted by supposed stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons along with the possibility of a nuclear threat.
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American forces are gearing up for a major operation in the insurgent bastion of Fallujah, where up to 5,000 Islamic militants, Saddam
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In 30 sorties on Monday, U.S. helicopters delivered more than 60,000 pounds of water, medical supplies and food.
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Increased military cargo flights in Iraq have had little effect on airlift squadrons based at Europe's cargo-hauling hub, airmen and U.S. Air Forces in Europe officials said this week.
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Iraqi tanks and helicopters are being sent to the northern city of Mosul and troop reinforcements should arrive later on Sunday for a big offensive against al Qaeda militants, Iraqi security officials said.