10,000 US troops to retake city
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Long convoys of American soldiers and Marines rolled onto a dust-blown base on the outskirts of Fallujah today and US warplanes intensified attacks in preparation for a
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American forces are gearing up for a major operation in the insurgent bastion of Fallujah, where up to 5,000 Islamic militants, Saddam Hussein loyalists and common criminals are hunkered down, U.S. officers said Friday.
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American casualties in Iraq are mounting as the US-led offensive in Fallujah unfolds. As of Tuesday evening there, 10 American troops had been killed in action and an undisclosed
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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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Two battalions totaling 1,500 82nd Airborne Division troops will begin flying to Iraq from Fort Bragg, NC, on Friday, triggering a major build-up of US forces to bolster security for January national elections in the country
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The U.S. military using attack helicopters, armored fighting vehicles and 10,000 soldiers launched an offensive north of Baghdad on Tuesday in one of the single biggest operations since the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Thousands of US and Iraqi forces swept into this insurgent stronghold yesterday, driving into the city's narrow streets and blasting suspected guerrilla positions in a massive thrust that American military leaders said would not cease until the city is under the full control of the interim Iraqi government.
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The US military presence in Iraq will grow by nearly 12,000 troops to 150,000 by next month, the largest level since the invasion last year, to provide security for the Iraqi elections
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MOSUL: US 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&#39;s third largest city.
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Thousands of American troops are advancing across the deadly streets and alleyways of the rebel-held city.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq American forces across Iraq are being repositioned to prepare for an assault on insurgents and for elections early next year.
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The U.S. military said it had launched a major offensive against al Qaeda north of Baghdad on Tuesday involving 10,000 soldiers, in one of the single biggest operations against the Sunni Islamist militant group in Iraq.
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Military operations to retake the insurgent-held Iraqi city of Fallujah are progressing &quot;ahead of schedule,&quot; a top US Marine commander there said today.
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BAGHDAD, November 24 (IslamOnline.net &amp; News Agencies) - US-led occupation troops took Tuesday night, November 23, their offensive from Fallujah to Baghdad with some 5,000 US marines, British troops and Iraqi commandos launching full-scale raids into
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WASHINGTON -- US troops walled off the Iraqi city of Fallujah yesterday and stepped up airstrikes, as Pentagon strategists entered the final stages of planning the largest battle since the invasion of Iraq, defense officials said yesterday.
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More than 10,000 US soldiers and Marines have taken positions around Fallujah for an expected assault, as US jets Friday pummeled insurgent targets and troops blocked key roads.
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US military commanders Wednesday announced that they would increase the number of troops in Iraq to 150,000 - the highest level since the March 2003 American-led invasion