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• In Fallujah, United States battles clock in rebuilding effort.

  - 2004-11-21

  By Anne Barnard, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 21--FALLUJAH, Iraq -- US military officers contending with scattered gun battles across this smoldering city predict it will be weeks -- and longer in some neighborhoods -- before residents can ...

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• Officials concerned Iraqi insurgents escaped Fallujih, will regroup elsewhere.

  - 2004-11-11

  By Thanassis Cambanis, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 11--SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq -- This week's invasion of Fallujah is a direct test of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's yardstick for measuring American success against terrorism: The question is whether US...

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• U.S. Marines May Turn Fallujah Security Over to New Iraqi Force.

  - 2004-04-30

  The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 30--FALLUJAH, Iraq -- US Marines tentatively agreed last night to turn over security in this guerrilla stronghold to a new Iraqi force led by former Iraqi Army officers that could include some insurgents Marines...

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• Marines, Iraqi Militants Clash in Fallujah.

  - 2004-04-27

  The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 27--FALLUJAH, Iraq -- A three-hour firefight near a mosque in Fallujah yesterday killed one US Marine, wounded eight others, and left at least eight Iraqi insurgents dead, even as American officials insisted they ...

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• Iraq's Financial System Proves Resilient as Investors Remain Eager for A Stake.

  - 2004-02-07

  By Stephen J. Glain, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 7--WASHINGTON -- With anxiety growing as Iraq hurtles toward self rule, the country's fledgling financial system is proving itself surprisingly resilient, and foreign investors remain eager for a stake...

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• Stable Currency, Foreign Interest Lends Confidence to Iraq Economy.

  - 2004-02-06

  By Stephen J. Glain, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 6--WASHINGTON -- With anxiety growing as Iraq hurtles toward self rule, the country's fledgling financial system is proving itself surprisingly resilient, and foreign investors remain eager for a stake...

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• On Iraqi Army Holiday, Some See Little Cause for Celebration.

  - 2004-01-06

  By Anne Barnard, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 6--BAGHDAD--Nasim Jabbar Jari used to spend Iraqi Army Day leading a platoon of military caterers from one patriotic party to another, delivering cakes and lunches to Baghdad army units celebrating ...

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• U.S. Soldiers Kill at Least 16 Iraqis in Baghdad Clashes.

  - 2003-12-17

  By Thanassis Cambanis, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 17--BAGHDAD, Iraq--US soldiers killed at least 16 Iraqis in violence around Iraq's "Sunni Triangle" and netted 73 suspected insurgents, including a mid-level leader of the Fedayeen Saddam guerrillas, coalition officials...

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• British Find Success in Iraq.

  - 2003-11-11

  By Charles M. Sennott, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 11--BASRA, Iraq--The squad of British soldiers bounded out of the green, armored Land Rover and into the narrow, muddy alleys of what's known here as the "Thieves Market" as Lieutenant...

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• U.S. Helicopter Is Shot Down in Iraq; 16 Die.

  - 2003-11-03

  By Charles M. Sennott, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 3--FALLUJAH, Iraq--Sixteen American soldiers were killed and 20 seriously wounded when a US Chinook helicopter was shot down and crashed into a field here in the deadliest single strike against...

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