An Ambush on U.S. Troops and an Election
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Sudden attack on convoy in Mosul underscores risks in securing Iraq before the Jan. 30 elections.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - More than 3,000 U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a major operation Tuesday against insurgent strongholds just south of Baghdad, their second mission in five days to wrest control from militants whose attacks threaten national elections seen as crucial to stabilizing this turbulent country...
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- An attack on a patrol killed an American soldier, the third US fatality this week in Afghanistan, the military said yesterday, amid a flurry of attacks that wounded more than a dozen Americans in the run-up to the Oct. 9 presidential election.
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Taliban insurgents fired rockets in parts  of Afghanistan and a huge truck bomb was intercepted on the eve  of the first presidential election in the rugged, war-torn  land, underlining the risk of sabotage by Islamic radicals.
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(Al Asad Air Base, Iraq-AP) Oct. 10, 2004 - For troops in Iraq, a possible homecoming depends on what happens after January elections.
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U.S. forces in Afghanistan vowed on Wednesday to bolster security in the volatile south and southeast ahead of a landmark election, as Taliban guerrillas bent on disrupting the poll launched a fresh wave of attacks.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Two U.S. soldiers were killed in a firefight with insurgents Monday, while an Afghan vice president escaped a bomb attack on his convoy in the latest assassination attempt on a political leader ahead of key elections...
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Two marines, three US servicemen killed south and west of baghdad, election date holds despite violence. By Jean-Marc Mojon - BAGHDAD.
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The election Sunday may sharply impact US opinion on the war.
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The top US military commander in Afghanistan is warning of more violence, aimed at disrupting the landmark presidential election set for October 9. The warning comes as insurgents are reported to have killed nine Afghan soldiers in southern Afghanistan.
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US troops have begun a new offensive to hunt Taliban and al-Qaeda militants through the harsh Afghan winter, aiming to sap their strength ahead of planned spring elections, the American military said today.
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Less than four months before planned national elections in Iraq, attacks against US troops, Iraqi security forces and private contractors number in the dozens each
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Election centers have been bombed,  candidates and electoral officials threatened and even killed.  With only a week to go, intimidation is turning Iraq's landmark  polls into a new kind of secret ballot.
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Election workers and U.S.-trained security troops have become Iraq's most hunted, facing slaughter by insurgents out to ruin this month's landmark vote.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq American forces across Iraq are being repositioned to prepare for an assault on insurgents and for elections early next year.
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The results of the Iraqi election are to be announced on Sunday, amid a fresh wave of insurgent attacks.
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should brace for even more losses as they pursue insurgents bent on wrecking an election scheduled for January. personnel have died here in the first three and half weeks of the month.