Iraq offensive: Clear out militants â and stay
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US, Iraqi operation in Diyala Province draws on a new counterinsurgency model.
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As the U.S. pursues its offensive against al-Qaeda in Iraq, one promising sign is that Sunni insurgents are helping
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Even as American and Iraqi forces move to surround the last large group of insurgents in Falluja this weekend, they are also scrambling to quell fighting that has erupted in many other Sunni towns and cities in Iraq.
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United States commanders say the heavy fighting that has marked the assault against insurgents in the Iraqi city of Fallujah is probably over but pockets of resistance still have to be weeded out.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - Iraqis who fled last month's  U.S.-led offensive on Falluja began trickling back on Thursday  to check if homes they left behind were still standing, but  most said they would not stay amid continued fighting.
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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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BAGHDAD, Feb. 19 -- The Iraqi government has a new tactic in its fight against the insurgency: clearing the streets of the mentally disabled and homeless.
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Iraq's prime minister said Thursday that efforts to improve security in his country include plans to disband all militias and stop the flow of militants across the border.
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US-Iraqi troops are locked in battles with insurgents in the northern Iraq city of Mosul Sunday,reports reaching here said. The battle was aimed at wresting back control of
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Samarra - An uneasy calm reigned over this former Sunni militant stronghold on Sunday as United States and Iraqi forces conducted mopping-up operations after two days of fierce fighting.
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Sunni insurgents have been streaming out of Baghdad to escape the security crackdown, carrying the fight to neighboring Diyala province where direct fire attacks on Americans have nearly doubled since last summer, U.S. soldiers say.
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An operation to flush out militants from Islamabad's Red Mosque is in its final stages, Pakistan's army says.
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Eleven Sunni insurgent groups have offered an immediate halt to all attacks &amp;#151; including those on American troops &amp;#151; if the United States agrees to withdraw foreign forces from Iraq in two years, insurgent and government officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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US and Iraqi troops were targeting groups of insurgents in Mosul to gain control of the northern Iraqi city, the military said. The assault on Mosul, Iraq&#39;s third-largest city, follows
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US soldiers seal off parts of the Iraqi city of Mosul as they hunt for militants responsible for Tuesday's deadly attack.
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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
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American, British and Iraqi troops are continuing their effort to root out insurgents south of Baghdad, in an operation aimed at clearing the way for elections to be held in January.