U.S. Troops Launch More Raids in Iraq
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U.S. troops launched fresh raids Thursday around the northern city of Mosul to rein in guerillas who have threatened to disrupt the upcoming election. Iraqi forces sealed off main routes into Baghdad one day after a wave of car bombings rocked the capital.
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U.S. troops staged a series of raids in Mosul and other areas of northern and central Iraq on Sunday, arresting dozens, even as a top American official conceded U.S. and Iraqi forces cannot stop "extraordinary" intimidation by insurgents.
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Eight more U.S. soldiers have been killed in five previously unreported attacks in different areas of Iraq over the past four days, the U.S. military said on Saturday.
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BAGHDAD -- US troops staged raids in Mosul and elsewhere in northern and central Iraq yesterday, arresting dozens, while insurgents stepped up attacks two weeks ahead of national elections, ambushing a car carrying a prominent candidate and killing 17 people in other assaults.
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More than 2,000 US and Iraqi troops are targeting insurgents in the northern section of Babil province, the US military announced Thursday.
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Thousands of U.S. and Iraqi troops and  police commandos swept through a cluster of lawless towns  southwest of Baghdad on Tuesday, in a new offensive against  Sunni Muslim insurgents.
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More US troops are on their way to Iraq ahead of elections set for the end of January. The additional forces are intended to bolster security at a time when the country&#39;s insurgency is threatening
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US troops went on the offensive overnight against insurgent strongholds west of Baghdad, pounding militant positions from the air and supporting Iraqi soldiers in raids on mosques suspected of harbouring extremists.
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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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A senior U.S. military commander said yesterday that Iraq's army must expand its rolls by at least 20,000 more soldiers than Washington had  anticipated, to help free U.S. troops from conducting daily patrols, checkpoints and other critical yet dangerous missions.
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The aim is to accelerate deployment of Iraqi forces against the insurgents.
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U.S. troops raided a car bomb factory west of Baghdad with five buildings full of propane tanks and ordinary chemicals the military believes were to be used in bombs, a spokesman said Thursday, a day after insurgents blew up a truck carrying chlorine gas canisters.
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More than 3,000 US and Iraqi soldiers started a major operation yesterday against insurgent strongholds just south of Baghdad, their second mission in five days to take control from militants whose attacks threaten national elections seen as crucial to
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US and Iraqi troops preparing for an expected assault on Falluja have struck more targets in the insurgent-held Sunni Triangle city early Friday.
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U.S. Gen. David Petraeus said Thursday that insurgents in Iraq have sought to intensify attacks during a Baghdad security crackdown, which he predicted should not be at full strength until June.
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The U.S. commander for northern Iraq called for reinforcements yesterday, citing a rise in sectarian attacks and other violence in his region as Iraqi and American forces focus on securing Baghdad.
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U.S. forces fighting al-Qaida and allied militants intensified operations Wednesday in Baghdad and on all four points of the compass around the capital. To the south, suspected Shiite militiamen bombed three Sunni houses of worship in what may presage a war of the mosques.