Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 66 fierce gunbattles 62 firefights 61 gunbattles 60 firefight ensued 60 artillery duels 58 Sporadic fighting 57 fierce firefight 57 fierce gunfight 57 Gunfights 56 firefight 56 Operation Spear 56 gunfights 56 fierce clashes 56 Fierce clashes 56 Shia militiamen 55 Salahuddin province north 55 Firefights 55 fierce battles 55 skirmishes 54 Operation Matador 54 fiercest clashes 54 Taleban insurgents 54 Fierce battles 54 Sporadic clashes 53 deadly skirmishes 53 fierce gunbattle 53 landmine blasts 53 mortar barrages 53 aerial bombardments 53 sporadic clashes 53 Euphrates valley 53 Operation Swarmer 52 Sadr militiamen 52 bloody naval skirmishes 52 Sporadic violence 52 suspected militant hideouts 52 heavy machineguns 52 clashes 51 Angoor Adda 51 Shi'ite militiamen 51 bombardments 51 ensuing gunfight 51 Karabila 51 mortar shelling 51 Fierce fighting 51 Houthi rebels 51 Musa Qaleh 51 airstrikes 51 gunbattle 51 ambushes 51 explosions reverberated 50 Diyala province northeast 50 insurgents 50 ensuing firefight 50 Harf Sufyan 50 Deadly clashes 50 Bajaur tribal 50 gunfight 50 roadside bombings 50 offensives 50 artillery bombardments 50 Taleban fighters 49 Yusufiya 49 helicopter gunships attacked 49 bloody skirmishes 49 Operation Steel Curtain 49 suicide bombings kidnappings 49 Baquba northeast 49 Loud explosions 49 Sporadic gunfire 49 sporadic gunfire 49 neighboring Uruzgan province 49 artillery pounded 49 Kurdish Peshmerga 49 Shiite militiamen loyal 49 al Qa'im 49 Sirnak province 49 fiercest fighting 49 Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Garver 49 bloody confrontations 49 heavy machinegun 49 Operation Mountain Thrust 48 Shah Wali Kot 48 Helicopter gunships 48 Operation Iron Fist 48 guerrillas ambushed 48 civilians 48 firing mortar shells 48 Ubaydi 48 Gunbattles 48 fought gunbattles 48 Roadside bombs kill 48 Haqlaniyah 48 thunderous explosions 48 factional clashes 48 Panther Claw 48 artillery barrages 48 aerial bombardment 48 Lt. Col. George Krivo 48 DoD Identifies Army 48 tracer rounds