Article: US, Iraqi troops begin new offensive in western Iraq

Article: U.S. Forces in Iraq Launch New Offensive
AP Online;  July 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ...BAGHDAD - U.S. troops launched a new offensive south of Baghdad against insurgents ... deadliest, a roadside bomb exploded as an Iraqi army patrol passed in the Boub al-Sham ... Maliki told reporters Saturday the Iraqi army and police were capable of maintaining ...

Article: IRAQ ON NEW OFFENSIVE AGAINST KURDISH REBELS
The Boston Globe;  September 24, 1989 ;     313 words ...NICOSIA, Cyprus - Iraq's army has launched a new offensive against Kurdish guerrillas in their northern stronghold ... guerrilla spokesman said yesterday. The 24th Division of the Iraqi army, supported by artillery and helicopter gunships, has ...

Article: US-Iraqi troops start new offensive in western ...
Xinhua News Agency;  November 11, 2005 ;     436 words ...US-Iraqi troops start new offensive in western Iraqi town BAGHDAD, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- US and ... offensive in a nearby town, the US military said on Friday. "Iraqi army soldiers and US forces have begun clear-and-hold operations ...

Article: US-Iraqi forces launch new offensive in western ...
Xinhua News Agency;  November 5, 2005 ;     401 words ...US-Iraqi forces launch new offensive in western Iraq BAGHDAD, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- About 3,500 ... sailors and soldiers with Regimental Combat Team-2 and 1,000 Iraqi army soldiers began Operation Steel Curtain in western Al Anbar on ...

Article: U.S. launches new offensive against al-Qaida in ...
AP Worldstream;  November 5, 2005 ;     414 words ... ... Dateline: BAGHDAD, Iraq The American military launched a major new offensive of about 2,500 Marines, soldiers and sailors near the ... scale employment of multiple battalion-sized units of Iraqi army forces in combined operations with coalition forces in the ...

Article: US-Iraqi troops wage new offensive in western Iraq
Xinhua News Agency;  December 19, 2005 ;     355 words ...US-Iraqi troops wage new offensive in western Iraq BAGHDAD, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- US marines ... foreign fighters in western Iraq, the US military said. "Iraqi army soldiers from three Iraqi battalions are conducting a cordon ...

Article: U.S. launches new offensive against al-Qaida in ...
AP Worldstream;  November 5, 2005 ;     657 words ... ... Dateline: BAGHDAD, Iraq The American military launched a major new offensive of about 2,500 Marines, soldiers and sailors near Iraq ... scale employment of multiple battalion-sized units of Iraqi army forces in combined operations with coalition forces in the ...