Insurgents push north out of Baghdad, making fight more deadly for U.S. forces

Saturday, February 17, 2007

BAQOUBA, Iraq -- Sunni insurgents have been streaming out of Baghdad to escape the security crackdown, carrying the fight to neighboring Diyala province where direct fire attacks on Americans have nearly doubled since last summer, U.S. soldiers say.

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