Latest front for US forces: rural Iraq
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Volatile and remote areas outside the Sunni triangle are now being scoured by US and Iraqi troops.
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SAMARRA, Iraq, Oct. 2 - The American military and Iraqi soldiers continued Saturday to try to secure the heart of Samarra, a city rife with insurgents that may be the first battleground in a concerted effort to retake rebel territory.
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The PentagonÂs latest comprehensive assessment of security in Iraq pointed to sectarian violence and a ÂpotentÂ insurgency.
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Iraqâs fledgling security force is poorly led, plagued by desertions and âfalling behind in its capability and commitmentâ to protect the countryâs new democratic government, US Sen.
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Baghdad, Dec 30 (Prensa Latina) The US Army has reported sixteen casualties in the latest clashes with the Iraqi resistance, which is increasing its attacks just a month before this Arab country goes to polls.
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Some of President Bush's bedrock supporters &#151; Southerners and rural residents &#151; have lost confidence in the likelihood of a stable, democratic Iraq.
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ANDAR, Afghanistan, Sept. 17 Â American and Afghan forces moved into this district on Sunday, one of the areas most troubled by insurgents in recent months, as part of a broader operation to reassert control in the strategically important province of Ghazni. But while they encountered little insurgent activity, they did face anger and frustration from the local population.
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An idea to redraw the map to give religious and ethnic groups more autonomy is gaining traction in Iraq and the US.
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10 September 2004 -- United States military forces have been carrying out operations targeting insurgents in three Iraqi cities. The US military said yesterday that 57 insurgents had been killed in US attacks
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MADERIYAH, Iraq -- Saad Mahami wanted more firepower. He didn't trust the Iraqi government to give him support, so inside Patrol Base Whiskey, at the edge of this village south of Baghdad, he told U.S. commanders that his 71 Sunni fighters needed additional weapons to fight the insurgent group al...
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SIRNAK, Turkey  - Perched on a hillside overlooking the mountainous northern Iraqi border, Kurds in the southeastern Turkish town of Sirnak are nervously monitoring preparations for a possible cross-border military operation.
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WASHINGTON -- The United States needs 3,000 more Iraqi forces to join the battle in Baghdad, but requests have not been met because Iraqi soldiers are reluctant to leave their home regions, the commander of US forces in Baghdad said yesterday.
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WASHINGTON, United States : An unusual US request for a British battalion to back up American troops in Iraq has shown the political constraints on the use of coalition forces even as an intensifying battle against insurgents is testing the US force there
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Trends in Iraq seem to be moving in two different directions these days. The guerrilla war between the United States and insurgents continues, with mounting clashes and casualties.
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In the small US town of Hinesville, where streets are named after generals and stores offer military discounts, talk almost invariably turns to the next Iraq mission, and only seldom to the upcoming elections.
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INSURGENTS in Iraq are continuing to pursue their deadly campaign against US troops and Iraqi security forces. Suicide car bombers struck Iraqi police and Kurdish militiamen in
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Apparently lifeless towns like Haswah, a chronic site of insurgency, may typify what control US-Iraqi forces can achieve.