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| Oct.11 |
Baghdad |
Plan puts Marines' focus on Afghanistan Gen. James Conway: The Marine Corps would like to reduce its forces in Iraq and move them to Afghanistan
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| Jul.29 |
Western Iraq |
Four Marines killed in action
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| Jun.2 |
Baghdad |
Marines jailed after death 8 troops being investigated in the death of an Iraqi civilian in April are being held in a military jail
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| May.27 |
Iraq |
2 Marines missing after crash
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| May.12 |
Iraq |
Four Marines killed in Iraq tank accident
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| Apr.17 |
Sunni Triangle |
Marines fire on mosque to repel attacks
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| Dec.2 |
Sunni Triangle |
10 Marines killed near Falluja| A roadside bomb, fashioned from several large artillery shells, killed 10 Marines while they were on foot patrol | |
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| Nov.20 |
Iraq |
Deadly ambush of Marine convoy
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| Nov.16 |
Iraq |
Five U.S. Marines killed in firefight 16 insurgents were also killed near the Syrian border in Ubaydi, as part of Operation Steel Curtain
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| Oct.8 |
Iraq |
Marines say 50 al Qaeda killed The Marines had wrapped up Operation Iron Fist and established new outposts in Sa'da, a town near the Syrian border
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| Oct.7 |
Western Iraq |
Blasts kill 6 US Marines A homemade bomb exploded near Karma in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, killing 4 Marines
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| Aug.3 |
Iraq |
14 Marines, civilian killed in bombing A roadside bomb blast killed 14 Marines and a civilian interpreter as they rode in a vehicle south of Haditha
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| May.25 |
Western Iraq |
U.S. forces encircle Iraqi city of Haditha 1,000 U.S. Marines, sailors and soldiers encircled Euphrates River city in the Anbar province, killing 3 insurgents
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| May.10 |
Iraq |
U.S. Marines lead offensive Marines pushed north as they battled insurgents near the Syrian border to root out insurgents and foreign fighters
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| Jan.26 |
Iraq |
31 Marines killed in chopper crash| 5 troops in other incidents. Number of U.S. troops killed today is 36, the deadliest day for U.S. since the start of the war | |
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| Nov.10 |
Sunni Triangle |
Battle rages in centre of Falluja US marines have taken the mayor's office and now control 70% of the city with rebels hemmed into a narrow strip
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| Oct.30 |
Sunni Triangle |
Eight U.S. Marines killed 9 wounded. Those casualties were outside Falluja in a single incident
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| Sep.6 |
Sunni Triangle |
Falluja bomb kills 7 U.S. troops 7 Marines and 3 Iraqi guardsmen were killed in a car bomb. 2 Humvees were destroyed in the attack
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| Aug.12 |
Iraq |
Forces raid al-Sadr home U.S. Marines raided the house of the cleric, seized weapons and obliterated a nearby building with a 500-pound bomb
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| Aug.10 |
Iraq |
Fighting flares again in Najaf cemetery
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| Aug.9 |
Iraq |
Marines take lead in Najaf Radical Shiite Muslim cleric al-Sadr vowed to fight American troops to the death
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| Aug.6 |
Iraq |
Marines: 300 insurgents killed in Najaf| A spokesman for al-Sadr said 36 fighters had been killed and 70 wounded. Dozens of civilians were among the casualties | |
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| Jul.8 |
Beirut |
Missing US marine free in Beirut US officials: The missing Lebanese-born Cpl Wassef Ali Hassoun, 24, who was allegedly kidnapped in Iraq is in Beirut
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| Apr.29 |
Sunni Triangle |
US forces begin Falluja pullout Marines were leaving fortified positions in the south and west of the city. A new Iraqi force is expected to move in
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| Apr.6 |
Iraq |
Dozen U.S. Marines killed Government buildings had been seized by 100 insurgents. The large-scale attack was mounted by remnants of Baath Party
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| Apr.13 |
Sunni Triangle |
US rescues soldiers held by Iraq| Marines came across the prisoners near the town of Samarra while moving up the highway towards Tikrit | |
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| Mar.23 |
Iraq |
10 Marines Killed in Faked Surrender| Pentagon: A group of fewer than 10 soldiers have been captured or killed by Iraqi military forces | |
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| Mar.20 |
Kuwait |
U.S. Marine Chopper Down, 12 killed A U.S. Marine CH-46 Sea Knight was carrying 4 U.S. and 4 British soldiers
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| Oct.8 |
Kuwait |
Attack on Marines Two Kuwaitis fired on Failaka Island in the Persian Gulf, killing one Marine and wounding another
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