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11/24/2004:

"US, UK, Iraq launch massive offensive"

A force of 5,000 US, British and Iraqi troops yesterday swept through insurgent bastions south of Baghdad in the latest push to reclaim lawless enclaves ahead of the elections, the US military said.

US marines and a so-called Iraqi SWAT team "swept through the south-central Iraqi town of Jabella today, kicking off a fresh campaign in northern Babil province," it said in a statement.

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