US-Iraqi forces launch major offensive, seal off rebel areas
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US and Iraqi forces sealed off roads leading to rebel strongholds south of Baghdad on Wednesday and anti-occupation rebels bombed two bridges, in what appears to be a move aimed at hindering troop&#39;s movement, as pro-government forces tried to retake
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US troops backed by thunderous air and artillery barrages launched a ground offensive Monday to seize key insurgent strongholds inside
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BAGHDAD: US-led forces launched operations in three Iraqi rebel strongholds yesterday, killing nearly 57 people in a town near the Syrian border and bombing targets in Fallujah for the third straight day.
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Iraq News, MOSUL, Iraq - US and Iraqi forces launched an offensive in Mosul yesterday to retake control of rebel-held areas after a week of anarchy with insurgents rampaging through Iraqâs third-largest city.
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US and Iraqi forces are conducting a major offensive to root out insurgents in the central Iraqi city of Samarra. In the largest operation seen in the city in several months, an estimated
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US troops backed by thunderous air and artillery barrages launched a ground offensive Monday to seize key rebel strongholds inside Fallujah, the city that became Iraq&#39;s major sanctuary for Islamic extremists who fought marines
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US forces have launched a major offensive to reclaim the rebel stronghold of Samarra in the Sunni Muslim triangle ahead of nationwide parliamentary elections scheduled for January.
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BRITISH troops joined their US and Iraqi counterparts in a massive new offensive against insurgent strongholds yesterday as efforts intensified to restore government control in time for January 30 elections.
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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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US and Iraqi forces captured the Iraqi city of Samarra on Sunday after fierce fighting with Sunni militants. The forces later described the operation as a successful first step in a major push to wrest key
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American troops and Iraqi special forces launched a major operation in Falluja late Thursday aimed at disrupting future attacks by insurgents who control the volatile city, the US military said.
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US-led forces launched operations in three Iraqi rebel strongholds on Thursday, killing nearly two dozen insurgents in a town near the Syrian border and bombing targets in Fallujah for the third straight day.
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BAGHDAD, June 19 -- U.S. troops backed by helicopters and Bradley Fighting Vehicles launched a major offensive Tuesday to clear the Sunni extremist group al-Qaeda in Iraq from its new stronghold in Diyala province north of the capital, the U.S. military said in a statement.
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U.S. and Iraqi security forces launched attacks Thursday to flush out insurgents in northern Iraq, the military and Iraqi officials said.
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US and Iraqi troops pushed into insurgent-heavy neighbourhoods and stormed police stations in Mosul on Tuesday, launching an offensive to retake parts of the northern Iraqi city where rebels staged a mass uprising last week in support of
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U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a major operation to strike against al-Qaida in Iraq and other extremists, the U.S. military said Tuesday, hoping to build on a recent reduction of violence and push militants from their strongholds.
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American forces went on the offensive against concentrations of militants in southern Fallujah who tried to break out of a security cordon, as guerrillas launched attacks in one of Iraq&#39;s major cities in what could be a bid to