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Article: U.S., Iraqi forces end offensive in Iraq's western Anbar province
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- August 10, 2005
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AP Worldstream
08-10-2005
Dateline: BAGHDAD, Iraq
U.S. Marines and Iraqi forces discovered a car bomb factory and detained 36 insurgents as they finished up a week-long military offensive in western Iraq on Wednesday, the US military said.
Twenty Marines were killed last week as Operation Quick Strike got underway Aug. 3. A group of six Marine snipers were killed Aug. 1 near the town of Haditha. Two days later, 14 Marines and a civilian translator died when their armored vehicle was hit by a massive blast.
The offensive involving about 800 U.S. Marines and 180 Iraqi soldiers is among several campaigns in recent months targeting insurgents and foreign fighters in western Anbar province.
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