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September 13, 2006
Iraq's leader seeks aid in Iran
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki made his first official visit to Iran, asking the Islamic regime on Tuesday to crack down on al-Qaida militants infiltrating his country and seeking new deals to help Iraq's troubled oil industry.
July 28, 2006
Blasts in Baghdad kill 31
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rockets, mortars and a car bomb wreak havoc on a commercial-residential district where several prominent Shiite politicians live. A Web site attributes the attack to a Sunni group.
June 9, 2006
Good news, but not a final blow
By SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN
June 9, 2006
The military swiftly hit its target
By Compiled from Times wires
Muhammad Ismael, a 40-year-Iraqi taxi driver, was standing outside his home in the tiny village of Hibhib on Wednesday evening when something unusual caught his eye.
June 9, 2006
After delay, key security ministers appointed
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
June 9, 2006
Violence continues unabated
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
On the same day that U.S. forces killed terrorist mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, whose al-Qaida in Iraq group has been blamed for some of Iraq's bloodiest bombings, at least five bombings in and around Baghdad killed at least 40 people and wounded around 120.
June 9, 2006
Major attacks claimed by Zarqawi and his followers
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Aug. 29: Car bomb in Najaf kills more than 85 people, including Ayatollah Mohammad Baqr al-Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq.
June 9, 2006
The man behind deadly attacks
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
To his supporters, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was a holy warrior, the "slaughtering sheik" who defended Islam against American crusaders and Shiite infidels.
June 9, 2006
Two may take spot on most-wanted list
By MEG LAUGHLIN
Now that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been killed, who's next on the U.S. government's most-wanted list?
June 9, 2006
What they're saying
By TIMES WIRES
"Now Zarqawi has met his end, and this violent man will never murder again. Iraqis can be justly proud of their new government and its early steps to improve their security. And Americans can be enormously proud of the men and women of our armed forces, who worked tirelessly with their Iraqi counterparts to track down this brutal terrorist and put him out of business.
May 7, 2006
Iraqi crowd turns violent after British copter downed
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
A British military helicopter, thought to have been disabled by a missile, smashed into a vacant lot between two houses in the southern city of Basra, bursting into flames. Then things turned uglier.
April 3, 2006
Bodies of two American copter pilots found in Iraq
By wire services
BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said Sunday that the bodies of two American pilots killed when their Apache helicopter crashed near Baghdad were recovered and the aircraft was probably shot down. Three other U.S. soldiers were reported killed in Baghdad and northern Iraq.
March 31, 2006
U.S. journalist free after 82 days in Iraq
By wire services
Early morning calls to family spread the good news. She says her captors never threatened to hurt her.
March 30, 2006
Bush voices frustration over Iraq political process
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - President Bush expressed frustration Wednesday that Iraqis have so far failed to form a unity government, but he said withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq too early would damage U.S. security.
March 29, 2006
Recruits for Iraqi army in Ramadi? 31
By wire services
RAMADI, Iraq - Beyond the army recruiting center's maze of blast walls and barbed wire, a roadside bomb targeted an Iraqi Humvee. From a rooftop across the street, a gunman popped up and took aim, drawing a brief hail of return fire.
March 16, 2006
From testimony to tirade
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Saddam Hussein, testifying Wednesday for the first time in his trial, called on Iraqis to stop killing each other and instead fight U.S. troops. The judge reprimanded him for making a rambling, political speech and ordered the TV cameras switched off.
March 15, 2006
GOP looks for a unified voice of optimism on Iraq
By WES ALLISON
WASHINGTON - The reason insurgents in Iraq rely so heavily on roadside bombs? They're desperate.
March 12, 2006
American hostage was shot
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - An American aid worker taken hostage with three other peace activists was apparently tortured before he was shot and his body dumped near a railroad line in Baghdad, Iraqi police said Saturday.
March 11, 2006
Iraqis suffer a deadly toll
By wire services
There is no official count of civilian deaths, but it's certain that violence has killed tens of thousands of Iraqis in three years.
March 11, 2006
Iraqis suffer a deadly toll
By wire services
There is no official count of civilian deaths, but it's certain that violence has killed tens of thousands of Iraqis in three years.
March 10, 2006
Iraq executes 13 militants by hanging
By wire services
BAGHDAD - The Iraqi government said 13 insurgents were hanged Thursday in the first executions of militants since capital punishment was reinstated in Iraq.
March 9, 2006
50 kidnapped by gunmen in Baghdad raid
By wire services
On a day marred by violence and explosions, the bodies of 24 slain men are also discovered.
March 8, 2006
Iraq roils as stalemate holds
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - The U.S. ambassador held talks with a top Shiite leader Tuesday as Iraqi factions wrangled over a new government. The prime minister declared he would not be "blackmailed" into stepping aside, and the Shiite majority balked at convening the Parliament.
March 3, 2006
Iraqi civilians pay deadly price
By wire services
BAGHDAD - Insurgency-related violence last year killed more than twice as many Iraqi civilians - 4,024 - as Iraqi soldiers and police, according to government figures obtained Thursday by the Associated Press.
March 1, 2006
Intel chief: Iraq could spark religious war
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - A civil war in Iraq could lead to a broader conflict in the Middle East, pitting the region's rival Islamic sects against each another, National Intelligence director John Negroponte said in an unusually frank assessment Tuesday.
February 25, 2006
Answers for extraordinary week in Iraq
By wire services
With the streets of Baghdad and other major cities largely emptied by an extraordinary daytime curfew, imams across Iraq on Friday called for an end to the sectarian rioting that has left more than 140 people dead over the past few days, as political leaders held emergency meetings to contain the crisis.
February 24, 2006
Analysis: U.S. falling short on security
By SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN
The bombing of a Shiite shrine, which threatens to plunge Iraq into all-out civil war, highlights the U.S. military's failure to create a safe environment for rebuilding the nation.
February 19, 2006
U.S. soldier among 20 dead in attacks on police, military
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Car bombs and gunmen killed more than 20 people, including an American soldier, Saturday as the government said insurgency-related violence cost the country's vital oil industry about $6.25-billion in damage and lost revenue last year.
February 18, 2006
Military contractor guilty in fraud case
By Associated Press
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - A former executive for a company hired by a Halliburton Co. subsidiary to ship military cargo into Iraq has pleaded guilty to inflating invoices by $1.14-million to cover fraudulent surcharges.
February 17, 2006
Iraqi officials to open 'death squads' inquiry
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - The Shiite-dominated Interior Ministry announced an investigation Thursday into claims of death squads in its ranks as police found a dozen more bodies, bringing the number of apparent victims of sectarian reprisal killings here to at least 30 this week.
February 16, 2006
Images of abuse may feed anger in Iraqis
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - New images showing Iraqis abused by U.S. guards at Abu Ghraib prison three years ago threatened Wednesday to inflame public anger already running high over footage of British soldiers beating youths in southern Iraq.
February 16, 2006
In ABC tapes, Hussein says he warned U.S. of attacks
By Associated Press
NEW YORK - Saddam Hussein told aides in the mid-1990s that he warned the United States it could be hit by a terrorist attack, ABC News reported Wednesday, citing 12 hours of tapes the network obtained of the former Iraqi dictator's talks with his Cabinet.
February 10, 2006
Journalist held hostage pleads for help, warns time 'is very short'
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Kidnapped American journalist Jill Carroll appeared in a video aired Thursday on a private Kuwaiti TV station, appealing in a calm, composed voice for her supporters to do whatever it takes to win her release "as quickly as possible."
February 5, 2006
Sunni deaths inflame sectarian divisions
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Sunni politicians warned of civil war Saturday after the bullet-riddled bodies of 14 Sunni Arab men were found in Baghdad - apparently the latest victims of sectarian death squads.
February 1, 2006
Kidnappers threaten Germans
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed a British soldier in southern Iraq Tuesday as a new video from kidnappers threatened to kill two German hostages if Germany fails to stop cooperating with the Iraqi government.
January 29, 2006
Kidnappers offer 'last chance' for 4 hostages
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Kidnappers holding four Christian peace activists gave U.S. and Iraqi authorities a "last chance" to release all detainees in Iraq, threatening to kill the hostages if their demands were not met in a tape broadcast Saturday.
January 28, 2006
60 arrested in Iraq after clashes
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Iraqi forces clashed with insurgents Friday near the notorious airport road and other districts of western Baghdad, arresting nearly 60 people as the sounds of a rousing song, Where Are the Terrorists Now?, blared from police car loudspeakers.
January 27, 2006
U.S. frees 5 women detainees
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - The U.S. military released five Iraqi women detainees Thursday, and a top Iraqi police officer expressed hope the move might help win the freedom of kidnapped American Jill Carroll.
January 26, 2006
Hussein's trial shows Iraq's deep divides
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq - For some Iraqis it's justice at work. Others slam it as just another slap across their occupied nation's face. And to a few, it is pure entertainment.
January 25, 2006
Turmoil postpones Hussein trial
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Judges in the trial of Saddam Hussein tried to remove a newly appointed chief judge Tuesday, a dispute that forced an abrupt postponement of the proceedings and deepened the disruption in what was supposed to be a landmark in Iraq's political progress.
January 22, 2006
After deadline, pleas for hostage
By Associated Press
A U.S. Muslim group and others lobby for the release of U.S. journalist Jill Carroll, with no word from the kidnappers.
January 21, 2006
Coverage falls victim to danger, journalists say
By ERIC DEGGANS
He has covered riots in India, neo-Nazis in East Germany and the war in Iraq.
January 21, 2006
Released results show Shiites' edge
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Shiite religious parties captured the biggest number of Parliament seats in last month's election but not enough to govern without partners, according to results released Friday.
January 20, 2006
Two fatal bombings strike downtown Baghdad
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Two near-simultaneous bombings targeted a crowded downtown Baghdad coffee shop and a nearby restaurant Thursday, killing more than a dozen people. The attacks came as a foreign assessment team reported evidence of fraud in the Dec. 15 elections but did not endorse calls for a rerun.
January 19, 2006
Surge of violence kills dozens in Iraq
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents carried out two dramatic ambushes Wednesday, killing 11 people including two American civilians in a roadside bombing in Basra and an attack on an Iraqi convoy in Baghdad.
January 14, 2006
U.S. helicopter crash kills two pilots in Iraq
By Associated Press
MOSUL, Iraq - Insurgents apparently shot down a U.S. Army reconnaissance helicopter in this northern city Friday, killing its two pilots, in the second fatal helicopter crash in Iraq in less than a week.
January 14, 2006
Troop ingenuity armors Humvees
By Associated Press
TIKRIT, Iraq - Soldiers exposed to Iraq's increasingly lethal roadside bombs, which can rip through armored Humvees, are drawing on wartime experience and stateside expertise to protect their vehicles with stronger armor and thermal detection cameras.
January 13, 2006
Report: Army stopped Iraq abuse inquiry without questioning anyone
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The Army closed a criminal investigation of abuse allegations by an Iraqi detainee last year, finding no reason to believe his claims, even though no Americans involved in the case were questioned, according to Pentagon records made public Thursday.
January 12, 2006
Armor is on way to Iraq
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The Army plans to send thousands of ceramic body armor plates to Iraq this year to better protect soldiers while the Marine Corps already is delivering such gear, military officers said Wednesday.
January 11, 2006
Iraqis polite, yes, but helpful, no
By Associated Press
MOSUL, Iraq - When Capt. Pat Flynn and his squad knock on doors in Mosul in search of intelligence tips, Iraqis often welcome them inside with chocolate candy and tea in tiny glasses. When he asks if they have been intimidated or threatened, they emphatically shake their heads "no."
January 8, 2006
Soldiers see pluses, minuses of more body armor
By Associated Press
A report found more plating could save lives, but some question the loss of mobility.
January 8, 2006
Talabani: We're close to a coalition
By wire services
BAGHDAD - Iraq's fractious political groups could form a coalition government within weeks, the country's president said Saturday, as U.S. officials have increased postelection contacts with disaffected Sunni Arabs linked to the insurgency.
January 5, 2006
53 killed as violence surges in Iraq
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber struck a funeral for a Shiite politician's nephew Wednesday, killing at least 32 mourners, wounding dozens and splattering tombstones with blood - part of a surge of violence as Iraqi leaders try to form a coalition government.
January 1, 2006
American death toll for 2005: 841
By Associated Press
A letter to troops from President Bush expresses gratitude and emphasizes accomplishments.
December 31, 2005
Closed refinery leads to crisis in Iraq
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Sitting in his car outside Baghdad's biggest gas station, Ahmed Khalaf mused out loud about whether he would spend the entire day waiting to fill up the minivan he uses to drive passengers around.
December 30, 2005
Teen finds way to Iraq
By Associated Press
Inspired by a class, a high school junior slips into the heart of a war zone, surprising officials and his parents.
December 30, 2005
Group to study disputed Iraq vote
By Associated Press
An endorsement of the election by a U.N. observer has been rejected by Sunni and secular Shiite groups.
December 29, 2005
U.N.-led team finds Iraq election credible
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - A senior U.N. official said Wednesday that Iraq's parliamentary elections were credible and the results should stand, angering Sunni Arabs who have taken to the streets demanding a new vote.
December 28, 2005
Who should lead Iraq? Groups talk
By Associated Press
The majority Shiites and the Kurds hold talks about top government posts as thousands of Sunnis protest the vote.
December 28, 2005
Iraqi kids leave N.Y. hospital after heart surgery
By Associated Press
NEW YORK - Four Iraqi children with life-threatening heart defects left a Bronx hospital Tuesday after successfully undergoing open heart surgery.
December 25, 2005
Rumsfeld serves troops in Iraq on Christmas Eve
By Associated Press
The defense secretary urges the troops to keep up the fight against terrorism after dishing them plates of steak, lobster and crab in Mosul.
December 25, 2005
Shiites: No need for new balloting
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - The governing Shiite coalition called on Iraqis Saturday to accept results showing the religious bloc leading in parliamentary elections and moved ahead with efforts to form a "national unity" government.
December 24, 2005
U.S. forces in Iraq will be reduced
By wire services
Citing success, the military will divert about 7,000 troops. But sectarian strife threatens.
December 23, 2005
Troop cuts coming, Rumsfeld hints
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - The United States soon will trim its military force in Iraq to slightly below 138,000 troops, the level it has considered its core force this year, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other U.S. officials hinted Thursday.
December 22, 2005
Hussein claims beating in custody
By wire services
BAGHDAD - Saddam Hussein again grabbed center stage at his mass murder trial Wednesday, suddenly standing up and surprising the courtroom with claims that he and other defendants were "beaten by Americans."
December 21, 2005
Complaints of fraud rise as Shiites take strong lead
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Sunni Arabs and a key secular party charged Tuesday that parliamentary elections were tainted by fraud and demanded an inquiry into preliminary results showing the governing Shiite religious bloc with a larger than expected lead.
December 18, 2005
Sunni bloc hopes to build coalition
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Cars and trucks returned to Iraq's roads Saturday as authorities eased tight security imposed for the parliamentary election, and the main Sunni Arab alliance said it was open to forming a governing coalition with a religious Shiite bloc.
December 17, 2005
Talk turns to government alliances; election officials report complaints
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - A leading Sunni politician said Friday that his party would be open to an alliance with secular Shiites and Kurds to form a coalition government to run the country once the results are in from this week's parliamentary elections.
December 16, 2005
Leaders hail mostly peaceful election, huge turnout
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Millions of Iraqis, from tribal sheiks to entire families with children in tow, turned out Thursday to choose a parliament in a mostly peaceful election - among the freest ever in the Arab world.
December 15, 2005
Troops, ballots ready for election
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Troops were in place, the borders were closed and the ballots were ready early today ahead of Iraqi parliamentary elections the United States hopes will build democracy and lay the groundwork for American troops to begin returning home.
December 14, 2005
Wars' price tag reaching half a trillion
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is in the early stages of drafting a wartime request for up to $100-billion more for Iraq and Afghanistan, lawmakers say, a figure that would push spending related to the wars toward a staggering half-trillion dollars.
December 13, 2005
Iraq starts early parliamentary voting
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Soldiers, patients and prisoners began voting Monday in national elections, three days ahead of the general population, while insurgents denounced the balloting as a "satanic project" but did not threaten to attack polling stations.
December 11, 2005
In 40 days, GI would have been home
By ALEXANDRA ZAYAS
Army 1st Lt. Kevin Joseph Smith e-mailed his fiancee every day from Iraq. On Thursday, he didn't.
December 11, 2005
4 U.S. soldiers killed ahead of elections
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Insurgents killed four American soldiers in separate attacks Saturday as violence mounted five days ahead of national elections. U.S. officials announced the release of 238 detainees but said the move was unrelated to demands by kidnappers of four Christian peace activists to free all prisoners.
December 11, 2005
What will vote mean for U.S. troops?
By Associated Press
A big Sunni turnout Thursday could add to pressure for a withdrawal timetable for Americans.
December 10, 2005
Brandon man killed in Iraq
By Times Staff Writer
TAMPA - A soldier from Brandon died Thursday in Baghdad.
December 10, 2005
Sunni clerics plead for Christian hostages' release
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Sunni Arab clerics pleaded Friday for the lives of four Christian peace activists on the eve of a deadline set by their kidnappers to kill them unless U.S. and Iraqi authorities release all prisoners.
December 9, 2005
Suicide bomber on bus kills 32 in Baghdad
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber detonated explosives Thursday inside a packed bus bound for a southern Shiite city, killing 32 people and wounding 44, police said. The blast pushed the three-day death toll from suicide attacks in the capital to at least 75.
December 8, 2005
Bush defends war policy, says Iraq economy better
By wire services
WASHINGTON - Defending his war policy, President Bush said Wednesday that Iraq is making quiet, steady progress in repairing its shattered economy, though reconstruction "has not always gone as well as we had hoped" because of unrelenting violence.
December 7, 2005
Attack kills 43 in Baghdad
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Two suicide bombers detonated explosives inside Baghdad's main police academy Tuesday, killing at least 43 people and wounding more than 70, police said. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack, the capital's deadliest in months.
December 7, 2005
Bush: U.S. will work for release of captives, but won't pay ransom
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - President Bush said Tuesday that the United States will work for the return of captive Americans in Iraq, but will not submit to terrorist tactics. "We, of course, don't pay ransom for any hostages," Bush said.
December 7, 2005
Cheney: Terrorists win 'if we lose our nerve'
By Associated Press
FORT DRUM, N.Y. - Vice President Dick Cheney told the military Tuesday that terrorists can win in Iraq only "if we lose our nerve and abandon our mission." He rejected calls for a speedy drawdown of troops.
December 7, 2005
'I will not come to an unjust court!'
By Associated Press
Saddam Hussein shouted at Chief Judge Rizgar Mohammed Amin at the close of the fourth session of his trial Tuesday after the judge ruled the trial would resume the next day.
December 3, 2005
Roadside bomb kills 10 Marines, wounds 11
By Associated Press
The attack near Fallujah was the worst on American troops since an Aug. 3 blast killed 14.
November 28, 2005
Hussein judge target of plot
By Associated Press
Amid tightening security, eight Sunni Arabs are arrested the day before the deposed dictator's trial resumes.
November 27, 2005
Gunmen attack election workers
By Associated Press
One person dies and three are injured as they hang election posters in western Baghdad, while car bombings kill 10 in the capital.
November 25, 2005
Suicide bomber kills 30 in Iraq
By Associated Press
Another attack kills two U.S. soldiers, even as troops celebrated the holiday and gave food to Iraqi children.
November 24, 2005
U.S. is optimistic about withdrawal
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration and military leaders are sounding optimistic notes about scaling back U.S. troops in Iraq next year, as congressional calls for withdrawal get louder.
November 21, 2005
Raid in Iraq starts rumors of terrorist leader's death
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - U.S. forces sealed off a house in the northern city of Mosul where eight suspected al-Qaida members died in a gunfight - some by their own hand to avoid capture. The White House said Sunday that it was "highly unlikely" that the terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was among the dead.
November 20, 2005
Suicide bomber targets Shiite mourners
By Associated Press
Since Friday, at least 125 Iraqi civilians have been killed in bombings and suicide attacks. Five U.S. soldiers died Saturday.
November 19, 2005
GOP demands vote on call for withdrawal
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - House Republicans pushed for swift rejection Friday of any notion of immediately pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq, sparking a heated, sometimes personal debate over the war following a Democratic lawmaker's call for withdrawal.
November 18, 2005
Official charged with Iraq kickback scheme
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - U.S. occupation officials gave a man with a federal fraud conviction control of millions of dollars for Iraqi reconstruction. Now the man is charged with accepting kickbacks to steer contracts to a businessman.
November 18, 2005
Brandon soldier killed in Iraq attack
By Times Staff Writer
TAMPA - A Brandon soldier was among four who died in Iraq after a bomb detonated near their Humvee Tuesday.
November 18, 2005
Pro-war Democrat changes mind
By Associated Press
"It's time to bring them home," says Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania in calling for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq.
November 17, 2005
6 U.S. troops killed in Iraq fighting
By wire services
BAGHDAD - Five U.S. Marines were killed in fighting with al-Qaida-led insurgents near the Syrian border and an Army soldier died of wounds suffered in Baghdad, making Wednesday the second deadliest day for American forces in Iraq this month.
November 14, 2005
Sunnis: Offensives will hurt election turnout
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - The U.S. command announced the deaths of three more American troops Sunday as Sunni Arab politicians stepped up demands Sunday for an end to U.S. and Iraqi military operations, claiming they threaten Sunni participation in next month's parliamentary elections.
November 12, 2005
Rice makes surprise visit to Baghdad
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice came to Iraq to call for unity and support for the democratic process. Yet the secrecy and heavy security surrounding her visit spoke volumes about how far the country must go on its road to normalcy.
November 10, 2005
Iraqi insurgents raise toll with tech-fueled bombs
By Associated Press
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - U.S. and British troops are being killed in Iraq by increasingly sophisticated insurgent bombs, including a new type triggered when a vehicle crosses an infrared beam and is blasted by armor-piercing projectiles.
November 10, 2005
Boca Raton Marine killed in Iraq
By Associated Press
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - A Marine from Boca Raton was killed Sunday in Husaybah, an Iraqi town on the Syrian border where troops were fighting Al Qaida-led insurgents.
November 6, 2005
Airstrikes, ground forces try to dislodge insurgents
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq - About 3,500 U.S. and Iraqi troops backed by jets launched a major attack Saturday against an insurgent-held town near the Syrian border, seeking to dislodge al-Qaida and its allies and seal off a main route for foreign fighters entering the country.
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