Iraqi troops prepare assault in Mosul
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MOSUL - Iraqi commandos backed by US troops prepared on Friday to storm rebel strongholds in the northern city of Mosul as fighting wound down in Fallujah.
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MOSUL, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi forces launched an  offensive in Mosul on Tuesday to retake control of rebel-held  areas after a week of anarchy that has seen insurgents  attacking across Iraq's third largest city.
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The more than 1,000 US troops that advanced into Mosul to flush out Iraqi insurgents and retake police stations met little resistance, officials said.
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MOSUL, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi forces launched an  offensive in Mosul on Tuesday to retake control of rebel-held  areas after a week of anarchy with insurgents rampaging through  Iraq's third largest city.
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MOSUL, Iraq  - A frontal assault on U.S. troops by  dozens of Iraqi insurgents in Mosul left an American soldier  and about 25 guerrillas dead in one of the boldest attacks yet  on occupying forces in Iraq.
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Iraq's prime minister announced Friday that the government was launching a major offensive against al-Qaida in the northern city of Mosul after two deadly blasts that killed 34 people and a provincial police chief.
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The Iraqi government sent reinforcements to the countryâs third-largest city, Mosul, today, seeking to quell a deadly militant uprising that US officials suspected may be in support of the resistance in Fallujah - now said to be under 80% US control.
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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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U.S. commanders are again preparing for an assault on Najaf's Old City, which surrounds the rebel base at the shrine of Imam Ali.
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The Iraqi government sends national guard reinforcements to Mosul after an upsurge in violence.
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US-led troops battling for control of Fallujah yesterday took their fight against rebels to the south of the Iraqi city as scores of insurgents opened a new front in Mosul in the north.
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US troops were drawn into a new offensive in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul yesterday to tackle a tide of insurgency unchecked by the military assault on Falluja.
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The Iraqi government rushed reinforcements Friday to the country's third-largest city, Mosul, seeking to quell a deadly militant uprising that U.S. officials suspected may be in support of the resistance in Fallujah &#151; now said to be under 80 percent U.S. control.
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MOSUL, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi forces launched  operations in Mosul Tuesday to rid Iraq's third largest city of  groups of insurgents who have rampaged through several  neighborhoods for the past six days.
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US and Iraqi forces launched an offensive in Mosul last night as US forces battled pockets of resistance in Fallujah and clashes that spread northeast of Baghdad killed more than 50 people.
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US and Iraqi troops entered Mosul in force yesterday to retake streets and police stations seized by rebels in the northern city last week, while a leading Iraqi insurgent