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| Jan.28 |
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 US, Iraqi troops have killed 250 militants   Map of Najaf Iraq| The battle raged all day as army units fought the unidentified group in orchards on the outskirts of Najaf. The insurgents were from a group calling thems... | |
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| Jan.29 |
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Najaf battle foiled attack on Shiite clerics Ali al-Sistani and other top Shiite religious figures were the targets of an insurgent plot thwarted in an intense battle
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| Apr.7 |
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U.S. sends warplanes to strike insurgents U.S. warplanes struck insurgents armed with rocket-propelled grenades in the in the predominantly Shiite city of Diwaniya
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| May.8 |
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Car blast near mosque kills 16 A parked car exploded near a prominent Shiite mosque in Kufa, killing 16 civilians and wounding at least 64 others
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| May.19 |
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  Blair's tribute to troops in Iraq Tony Blair made an emotional tribute to British troops during his final visit to Iraq as PM. Minutes later, 2 mortars are rocking the building
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| Jun.9 |
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6 die in attack on U.S.-run prison Camp Bucca prison is one of two Multi-National Force Iraq prisons holding more than 19,000 detainees
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| Aug.11 |
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Bomb kills governor| A powerful roadside bomb has killed governor Khalil Jalil Hamza and Maj-Gen Khaled Hassan, police chief of the province of Diwaniya | |
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| Aug.20 |
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Bomb kills governor| Mohammed Ali al-Hassani , the governor of Muthana province, was killed by a roadside bomb in the city of Samawa | |
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| Sep.2 |
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 British leave Basra base Map of Basra Southern Iraq| Five-hundred British troops began withdrawing from their base in the city, which has been hit daily by mortar attacks | |
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| Sep.3 |
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UK: Basra pullout was pre-planned Prime Minister Brown has dismissed a suggestion that a withdrawal by UK troops from their base in the city of Basra was a defeat
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| Nov.16 |
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British military reports drop in violence Map of Basra Southern Iraq Violence in Basra province has dropped by 90% since British troops moved their base outside the provincial capital
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| Dec.8 |
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Blast kills regional al-Sadr leader, family A regional leader of radical Shiite cleric's movement and his family died when an explosion went off as they were sleeping in their home
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| Dec.12 |
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3 car bombs rip through city At least 27 people are dead. Many of the dead and wounded are women and children. 151 people were wounded
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| Dec.16 |
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British troops return Basra to Iraqis Map of Basra Southern Iraq British troops handed over responsibility for security in the province of Basra, a major milestone in the scaling-back of the military presence
| A transfer ceremony broadcast live on Iraqi state TV. Iraq resumed train service from Basra to Baghdad after a four-year hiatus.
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