Bush declared an end to major combat operations in Iraq on May 1, 2003.
Since President Bush declared an end to major combat May 1, 259 U.S. servicemen and women have been killed.
The new clashes come almost a month after President George Bush said that major combat activities were over in Iraq.
Even before the troop reductions were announced, the Pentagon was planning to cease U.S. participation in major combat operations during 2014.
Although the major combat operations that toppled the Saddam regime were over by May 1, the war to determine the future of Iraq continues.
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"I would anticipate that the major combat engagements are over, " Maj.
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Allen served as commander of coalition forces and oversaw plans to rapidly train Afghan security forces so U.S. troops could end major combat operations later this year.
In a document released Friday detailing the 100 days since major combat ended in Iraq, the White House referred to Zarqawi as a terrorist with intent to cause harm.
While the major combat is over, some skirmishes continue.
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Despite the fact that America is once again engaged in major combat operations overseas, most Americans have only a limited grasp of what it means to go to war, and no wonder.
General Jim Mattis in Hillah, he said that the two groups who fought most aggressively during the major combat operations were the Fedayeen Saddam -- homegrown thugs with a cult-like attachment to Saddam -- and foreign fighters, principally from other Arab countries.
Mr. TONY SNOW (White House Press Secretary): I understand what Americans want, which is Americans pulling back off the major combat roles and eventually being there in supports roles, as the Baker-Hamilton Commission recommended some time ago and as the president's been talking about since as early as January.
That review, they said, likely will include looking anew at the analysis done last October on what it would take for a major ground combat offensive in Kosovo.
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Liam Fox, the defence secretary at the time, had ordered that his review should retire one major type of combat aircraft in order to save money.
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The two-year-old start-up seeks to combine evidence-based medicine, behavioral modification techniques and smart design to combat major illnesses, such as diabetes, and cardiovascular disease before they become full-blown.
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In fact, I just spoke with the command sergeant major--that's the senior enlisted person in Afghanistan--the first time a woman has been the command sergeant major in a combat theater and that was her point completely is that it's more than a recruiting issue.
Back to the impossibility of making a major release without a combat system, and hours of combat.
Plan Colombia was started under the Clinton administration and passed by the Congress in order to combat the major drug cartels then thriving in Colombia.
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One of the major complaints in terms of combat is that you can get really good scores just by button-spamming.
The gameplay was terrible, with combat and driving major chores and a major lack of balance made the game almost unplayable for new players.
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Richard Thomas of Traffic told CNN that Internet sales of ivory was potentially a major problem that was difficult to combat, but said eBay had been good at monitoring and removing anything illegally posted for sale on the site.
Direct combat against showrooming was a major theme in an analyst meeting a few months ago.
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While provocative bills aren't particularly unusual in state legislatures, so many have been offered by conservatives in Oklahoma this year that GOP leaders have established a special committee to handle what is now a major category of business: measures to combat the federal government's influence in the states.
We took months to adjust the organization, training, and support structures of our active combat forces, we experienced major problems with some aspects of the call up and training of our reserves, and we literally had to make thousands of modifications to our combat equipment, munitions, support equipment, and battle management and communications systems.
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People who have suffered major stress, such as soldiers returning from combat, often report that they no longer find pleasure in these things.
Major Internet-service providers often work with federal law enforcement to combat cyberattacks.
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Each of the department heads is an expert in one of the major ship departmental functions: Ship Operations, Intelligence, Propulsion, Engineering, Combat Systems, Supply, Air Operations, Aircraft Maintenance, Safety, Training, Navigation, Religious Ministries and Medical.
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