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Associated PressUS Launches New Offensive in IraqU.S. Military Announces New Offensive Against
al-Qaida in IraqBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD Jun 16, 2007 (AP)
The U.S. military, which just days ago completed its latest
troop buildup in Iraq, has launched a large offensive operation
in several al-Qaida strongholds around Baghdad, the top U.S.
commander said Saturday.
Gen. David Petraeus said the operation began in the last 24
hours, and will put forces into key areas surrounding Baghdad
that, according to intelligence, al-Qaida is using to base
some of it car bomb operations.
Petraeus, who met with Defense Secretary Robert Gates at a
morning breakfast, also said that while he doesn't have all the
American troops he might want, he knows he's got all he's
going to get.
-snip-Petraeus provided few details of the new offensive, but said
he believes it will help the military make some progress in
Iraq, where the war is in its fifth year and U.S. casualties
have surpassed 3,500. Gates and his military leaders are
under intense pressure from Congress and the American public
to begin to show real progress in Iraq so that troop
withdrawals can start.
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ReutersFACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, June 1616 Jun 2007 11:34:41 GMT
Source: Reuters
June 16 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq
at 1100 GMT on Saturday:
BAGHDAD - U.S. and Iraqi forces killed four suspected insurgents
and detained 20 others during operations in Falluja, Mosul and
Baghdad, the U.S military said.
BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said U.S. and Iraqi soldiers killed
one suspected insurgent, wounded another and detained 10
during operations in Baghdad's Shi'ite neighbourhood of Sadr
City. Iraqi police said six civilians were killed and 25 wounded in
gunbattles between the Shi'ite Mehdi Army militia and U.S forces
in Sadr City.
FALLUJA - Two bullet-riddled bodies were found in Falluja, 50 km
(32 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.
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