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| Oct.1 |
Sunni Triangle |
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109 insurgents killed in Samarra
Map of Samarra Iraq 3,000 U.S. troops moved into Samarra. One American soldier was killed | |
| Oct.2 |
Sunni Triangle |
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Samarra 'under US grip'
| Oct.3 |
Iraq |
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Police find 2 bodies, possibly Westerners |
| Oct.4 |
Baghdad |
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Bomb blasts leave 16 dead The first bomb went off near an entrance to the Green Zone. The second exploded as a US military convoy was passing
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Sadr City |
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Sadr City 'targeted by US forces'
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Washington |
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Rumsfeld questions Saddam-Laden link
| Oct.5 |
Ohio |
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Running mates clash over Iraq The 2 vice-presidential candidates in election have clashed on Iraq and other security issues in the TV debate
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Iraq |
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Push against insurgents in Babil province
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Iraq |
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Inspectors prepare to report |
| Oct.6 |
Iraq |
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Car bomb kills national guard members |
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Washington |
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Report concludes no WMD in Iraq
| Oct.7 |
U.S. Senate |
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Iraq war debate fuelled by report Democrat Senator Rockefeller said thousands had died and yet Iraq had never posed a grave danger
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France |
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France disputes Iraq bribe claims |
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Iraq |
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U.S., Iraqi troops expand offensive |
| Oct.8 |
Iraq |
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Hostage Bigley killed A video appears to show UK hostage being killed has been released by militants
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Sunni Triangle |
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Falluja airstrike kills 14 |
| Oct.9 |
Sadr City |
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Shia rebels agree Baghdad truce |
| Oct.10 |
Iraq |
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Suicide blast kills 17 in Baghdad
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Sadr City |
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Weapons handover in Sadr City The 5-day grace period for militia loyal to rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to hand over medium and heavy weapons starts
| Oct.11 |
Iraq |
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Nuclear assets 'vanish' UN: Equipment and materials used to make nuclear arms have been vanishing in Iraq since the invasion in 2003
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Sunni Triangle |
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U.S. bombs al-Zarqawi meeting place
| Oct.12 |
Sunni Triangle |
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Iraqi forces raid Ramadi mosques
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Iraq |
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Iraq says nuclear sites 'secure'
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Iraq |
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U.S. tried to rescue hostages
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Iraq |
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Babies found in mass grave A grave being excavated in a village has yielded evidence that Iraqi forces executed women and children under Saddam
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Tokyo |
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Plea for Iraq donors to commit aid |
| Oct.13 |
Sunni Triangle |
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Falluja threatened over militants |
| Oct.14 |
Baghdad |
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Green Zone blasts kill 8 6 civilians were killed and at least 3 were wounded in one location | |
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Sunni Triangle |
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U.S., Iraqis in Falluja assault US troops and Iraqi special forces launched a major operation to disrupt future attacks by insurgents | |
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Iraq |
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Bombs prompt security boost
| Oct.15 |
Sunni Triangle |
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Falluja people flee new attacks
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Baghdad |
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Blasts at churches Five churches in 4 neighborhoods were damaged by by improvised explosives devices
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England |
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UK troops 'set for US Iraq role' |
| Oct.16 |
Sunni Triangle |
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US bombers strike at Falluja Overnight strikes by bombers have killed 3 people. In Baghdad, 2 US helicopters crashed with the death of 2 soldiers
| Oct.17 |
Sunni Triangle |
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U.S. forces pound Falluja targets
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Iraq |
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Bomb blast shatters Baghdad café
| Oct.18 |
Iraq |
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PM extends weapons amnesty
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Sunni Triangle |
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U.S. bombs targets linked to al-Zarqawi
Warplanes bombed houses used by wanted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in the volatile city of Falluja
| Oct.19 |
Iraq |
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4 killed in Baghdad mortar attack
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Iraq |
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Agency halts aid projects after kidnap CARE International has suspended operations in Iraq, after the director of the charity's work there was kidnapped
| Oct.20 |
Baghdad |
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Abu Ghraib guard pleads guilty Staff Sgt. Ivan 'Chip' Frederick pleaded guilty to 5 charges of abusing Iraqi detainees
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Iraq |
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Iraq urges aid agencies to stay
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England |
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Blair: More Iraq violence likely |
| Oct.21 |
England |
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Hoon confirms Iraq troop movement
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Iraq |
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Husband: Abduction 'really a shock'
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Iraq |
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US soldier jailed for prison abuse
| Oct.22 |
Iraq |
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CARE worker pleads for her life |
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Sunni Triangle |
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Falluja raid 'nets Zarqawi aide' US forces in Iraq have seized a 'senior leader' in the militant group along with five others in a pre-dawn raid
| Oct.23 |
Iraq |
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14 killed in separate incidents
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Sunni Triangle |
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20 Iraqi security officers killed in bombings
| Oct.24 |
Iraq |
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Massacre of 50 Iraqi army recruits The bodies of recruits have been found following an ambush near the Iranian border | |
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Iraq |
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U.S. security official killed in attack |
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Iraq |
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Massacre 'was inside job'
| Oct.25 |
Iraq |
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IAEA: Tons of Iraq explosives missing Some 380 tons of explosives are missing from a former Iraqi military facility that was supposed to be under US control
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Baghdad |
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Insurgent bomb attacks killed six
| Oct.26 |
Japan |
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Japan won't bow to hostage threat Prime Minister Koizumi has said troops would remain in Iraq, despite threats to behead a Japanese hostage
| Oct.27 |
Southern Iraq |
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British troops move toward Baghdad some 800 Black Watch troops have begun their deployment from their base
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Iraq |
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Abducted aid worker seen in video
| Oct.28 |
Iraq |
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Militants claim killings of 11 Iraqis Army of Ansar al-Sunnah said on its Web site they had beheaded one of the victims and shot 10 others
| Oct.30 |
Sunni Triangle |
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Eight U.S. Marines killed
9 wounded. Those casualties were outside Falluja in a single incident
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Baghdad |
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Beheaded Japanese hostage found |
| Oct.31 |
Sunni Triangle |
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U.S. forces launch new assaults in Falluja U.S. forces are striking targets from the air and clashing with militants on the southeastern edge of the city | |
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Sunni Triangle |
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Many dead in Iraq rocket attack
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Sunni Triangle |
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Falluja action imminent, Allawi says