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5 die in 'suicide attack'
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| Apr.11 |
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Battle looming at Tikrit
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| Apr.12 |
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Tikrit appears abandoned
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| Apr.13 |
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 US rescues soldiers held by Iraq  Map of Samarra Iraq| Marines came across the prisoners near the town of Samarra while moving up the highway towards Tikrit | |
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US forces enter Tikrit
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Battle begins for Tikrit
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US forces seize central Tikrit
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| Apr.14 |
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 U.S. troops sweep into Tikrit| The fight over Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit was the only 'significant' combat action going on | |
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| Apr.17 |
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 Saddam's half-brother 'captured' Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, the former head of Iraqi intelligence, has been captured by US-led special forces in Baghdad
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| Apr.29 |
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Shootout kills 'at least 15' Map of Fallujah Iraq| At least another 53 injured during a gunfight with U.S. troops in the town of Fallujah | |
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| May.17 |
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Cousin of Saddam surrenders
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| May.27 |
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2 U.S. soldiers die in Fallujah firefight
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| Jun.8 |
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U.S. soldiers ambushed in Fallujah
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| Jun.14 |
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US forces 'storm flashpoint town' The US Army has launched a major operation against militia groups in encircled Falluja
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| Jun.18 |
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Leading Saddam aide caught| U.S. forces have captured Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti, Saddam's personal secretary and national security adviser | |
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| Jul.5 |
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Blast kills 7 Iraqi police recruits
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| Jul.10 |
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Two U.S. soldiers killed In 2 separate attacks convoys came under fire in Tikrit and south of Baghdad near Mahmudiyah
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| Jul.15 |
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Bomb kills US soldier 2 more soldiers injured as they were travelling in a convoy on a highway just west of Baghdad
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| Jul.18 |
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U.S. soldier killed in blast Soldier's vehicle drove over 'an improvised explosive device' west of Fallujah
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| Jul.27 |
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U.S.: Military closing in on Saddam U.S. forces raided 3 farm houses in Tikrit where intelligence indicated Saddam's security chief had recently been
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| Aug.4 |
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Raids lead to arrests in hunt for Saddam
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| Sep.13 |
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Anti-U.S. chants, gunshots mark funerals Map of Fallujah Iraq On the streets of Fallujah, Iraqis marked the funerals of slain police officers as the U.S. military apologized
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| Sep.14 |
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U.S. soldier killed in Fallujah 3 others soldiers injured in an attack on their convoy
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| Sep.15 |
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Suspected resistance organizers arrested U.S. troops in Tikrit arrested 7 people suspected of helping bankroll resistance to coalition forces
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| Sep.27 |
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2 Iraqis killed in U.S. checkpoint shooting U.S. soldiers fired on a vehicle carrying at least 6 Iraqis after it ran a American checkpoint in Fallujah
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| Sep.29 |
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U.S. soldier dies in convoy attack At least 6 U.S. soldiers were wounded in an improvised explosive device attack in Fallujah
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| Oct.28 |
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 Suicide bomber strikes in Fallujah At least 2 people were killed when an attacker detonated a bomb near a police station
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| Nov.6 |
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 6 killed in U.S. helicopter crash near Tikrit Black Hawk has crashed near Saddam Hussein's hometown. White smoke was seen rising from the wreckage
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| Nov.14 |
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U.S. boosts offensive Army struck at a rocket launch site that threatened a Task Force Iron Horse base north of Tikrit. 7 attackers were killed
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| Nov.17 |
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US hits targets near Saddam town Troops have been shelling targets near the town of Tikrit
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| Nov.29 |
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 2 Japanese diplomats shot dead The attack in Tikrit was carried out by a single attacker. The diplomats were travelling to a reconstruction conference
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| Dec.14 |
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 Saddam captured| Hundreds of Iraqis flooded the streets, firing guns into the air, singing, dancing and throwing candy into the air | |
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 20 killed by car bomb 16 policemen were among those killed in explosion at Khaldiyah, in the heart of the Sunni triangle
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| Dec.18 |
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U.S. hunts for more Samarra insurgents The forces have netted a significant number of 'high-value targets'. Captive Saddam shown in new photo
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