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Mo Ap 17 -

FIERCE FIGHTING
AGAIN IN RAMADI -

*U.S. troops repelled an attack Monday by Sunni Arab insurgents who used suicide car bombs, rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons in a coordinated assault against this city's main government building and two U.S. observation posts.The attack in Ramadi was the biggest since April 8th.*

There was also a period of violent conflict in the Azamiyah section of Baghdad.

:: By Todd Pitman ::
-- AP via TBO --
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# On a lighter Iraqi note . . .
UTN1 FROM IRAQ -
Adam Sweeting meets
Iraq's first Boy Band.
:: UK Telegraph ::

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