Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 46 Mahdi Army fighters 42 forces 41 Mehdi Army 41 militants 41 Taliban militants 40 troops 40 AU peacekeepers 40 insurgents 39 al Sadr militia 39 army 39 Mahdi Army 39 western Anbar province 38 Shi'ite militias 38 Ethiopian troops 38 Taliban 38 Sunni insurgents 38 al Mahdi Army 38 Shiite militiamen 38 Shiite militias 37 insurgent strongholds 37 Shia militias 37 Taliban fighters 37 Anbar province 37 combat brigades 36 UN peacekeepers 36 tribesmen 36 guerrillas 35 peshmerga 35 militias 35 Anbar 35 militia 34 peacekeepers 34 brigades 34 Iraq 34 Iraqis 34 civilians 33 militiamen 33 troop drawdown 33 1st Marine Expeditionary 33 insurgent 33 rebels 33 resurgent Taliban 33 reinforcements 33 militia fighters 33 troop withdrawal 33 Taliban strongholds 33 4th Infantry Division 32 insurgency 32 pullout 32 manning checkpoints 32 paramilitary forces 32 Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad 32 troop withdrawals 32 1st Cavalry Division 31 Nato 31 peacekeeping force 31 2nd Brigade 31 NATO 31 Islamic militants 31 phased withdrawal 31 helicopter gunships 31 military 31 3rd Infantry 31 1st Armored Division 30 rebel fighters 30 redeploying 30 UN peacekeeping 30 marines 30 Coalition Forces 30 troop surge 30 soldiers 30 Insurgents 30 convoys 30 Gen. Ray Odierno 30 Anbar Province 30 Odierno 29 #nd Airborne Division 29 battalions 29 mandate expires 29 4th Brigade 29 airstrikes 29 Gadhafi loyalists 29 infiltrators 29 Islamists 29 armored Humvees 29 offensives 29 3rd Brigade 29 warplanes 28 troop pullout 28 sectarian violence 28 gradual withdrawal 28 troop levels 28 1st Infantry Division 28 extremists 28 Afghanistan 28 militiamen loyal 28 3rd Infantry Division 28 troop buildup 28 redeployment 28 MONUC 28 noncombat