Major Offensive Underway in Rebel Haven
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US and Iraqi troops surged into the rebel-controlled city of Samarra Friday, killing more than 90 insurgents in house-to-house combat supported by air-strikes and armor.
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Rebels mounted a fierce offensive Saturday in Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna Peninsula, the heart of the island's Tamil minority, military officials and the rebels said amid the heaviest fighting since the two sides signed a 2002 cease-fire.
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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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Backed by tanks and artillery fire, US troops launched a major attack Saturday against insurgent holdouts in southern Fallujah, hoping to finish off resistance in what had been the major guerrilla bastion of central Iraq.
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Rebels mounted fierce counterattacks against rapid advances by US troops into the southern part of Fallujah, while insurgents elsewhere in Iraq appear to
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Islamabad, Pakistan, March 6 -- NATO and Afghan forces launched what commanders described as a major operation in a key province of southern Afghanistan Tuesday morning, part of a bid to win back territory that has become a haven for insurgents.
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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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Units have entered the last major rebel stronghold, blowing apart buildings, rolling over barriers and confronting insurgents.
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US forces have launched a major offensive on the rebel stronghold of Samarra after a series of horrific car bombings in Baghdad on Thursday that killed 41 people, mostly children.
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More than 3,000 US and Iraqi forces launched an offensive on another rebel enclave in Iraq as Prime Minister Iyad Allawi pledged new plans to crush insurgents before promised January elections.
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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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US, British and Iraqi forces are focusing this time on a hotbed south of the capital. BAGHDAD -- About 5,000 US marines, British troops and Iraqi commandos launched raids and arrested suspected insurgents
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US and Iraqi forces begin a major operation against rebels in Iraq's northern city of Samarra, reports say.
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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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Insurgents in Nigeriaâs southern Niger Delta will begin âa full-scale armed struggleâ to wrest control of the regionâs oil riches from the government on Friday, a rebel spokesman said today.
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Thousands of US and Iraqi troops have begun a long-awaited ground offensive to retake the Iraqi city of Fallujah from terrorists and insurgents.
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Soldiers from the Black Watch regiment begin a major raid on suspected insurgent villages in Iraq.