Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 67 blinding sandstorm 62 sandstorm 62 Sandstorms 60 allied warplanes 60 sandstorms 59 Gunfire crackled 58 helicopters clattered overhead 57 Fighting rages 57 Armored vehicles 57 Shia militiamen 57 Armoured vehicles 57 suspected Shiite militiamen 56 Al Zubayr 56 fierce firefights 56 Insurgents ambushed 56 Widespread looting 55 Sectarian clashes 55 Yafran 55 Kurdish peshmerga fighters 54 Fighting erupts 54 Soldiers patrolled 54 Husayba 54 warplanes pounded 54 7th Cavalry Regiment 54 Sporadic fighting 53 Loud explosions 53 Sectarian killings 53 Mortar shells 53 Rocket propelled grenades 53 Powerful thunderstorms 53 tanks shelled 53 Apache helicopter gunships 53 Bab al Tebbaneh 53 insurgent ambushes 53 Artillery shells 53 explosions rumbled 53 Kalak 53 Ad Diwaniyah 53 Hizbollah fighters 53 Euphrates valley 52 Al Amarah 52 guerrilla strongholds 52 BAGHDAD Insurgents 52 Karabila 52 Curfew imposed 52 Pech Valley 52 Salahuddin province north 52 insurgent snipers 52 explosions thundered 52 torrential monsoon rains 52 Rwindi 52 Steady rains 51 insurgent hideout 51 neighboring Buner 51 helicopter gunships attacked 51 armored convoys 51 tracer rounds 51 fought gunbattles 51 Kut southeast 51 al Amarah 51 Howling winds 51 heaviest bombardment 51 Explosions rocked 51 Sadr militiamen 51 Sporadic gunfire 51 Al Shabaab fighters 51 neighboring Paktika province 51 Shi'ite militiamen 51 Sirnak province 51 Bagdhad 51 Helmand Sangin district 51 Huge plumes 51 armored bulldozers 51 Typhoon Hagupit 51 Heavy snowfalls 51 retake Fallujah 51 Stryker armored vehicles 51 Roadside bombings 51 Hizbullah guerrillas 51 sporadic shelling 51 restive Anbar province 51 Night Scattered showers 51 insurgent stronghold 51 eastern Nuristan province 51 Helicopters buzzed overhead 51 NAJAF Iraq Reuters 51 Baquba northeast 51 Incessant rain 50 Fierce winds 50 KABUL Afghanistan Insurgents 50 armored vehicles 50 holy Shiite shrine 50 fierce gunbattles 50 al Shabaab fighters 50 Baiji refinery 50 Babil Province 50 Task Force Tarawa 50 artillery barrages 50 Nasariyah 50 Sharqat 50 Thick clouds