Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 64 fiercest battles 58 bloodiest battles 54 bloodiest 53 fierce battles 49 fierce clashes 49 deadly skirmishes 47 relentless shelling 46 bloody skirmishes 45 neighboring Helmand province 45 opium poppy producing 45 Shiite militiamen loyal 45 Sporadic fighting 45 sporadic clashes 44 Operation Matador 44 militia stronghold 44 militiamen loyal 44 Operation Medusa 43 southern Helmand province 43 fierce firefight 43 mortar shelling 43 Operation Mountain Thrust 42 Operation Anaconda 42 artillery duels 42 Operation Achilles 42 factional fighting 42 Sporadic clashes 42 Fallouja 41 Taleban fighters 41 Diyala province northeast 41 Fallujah 41 restive Anbar province 41 Taliban stronghold 41 separatist revolt 41 Musa Qala 40 Operation Panther Claw 40 Nord Kivu 40 Garmser 40 Helmand province 40 Operation Steel Curtain 40 militia loyal 40 bloody confrontations 40 Marjah 40 Maroun al Ras 40 Nord Kivu province 40 Operation Swarmer 40 Fierce clashes 40 bloodiest crackdown 39 Helmand 39 Kajaki 39 neighboring Uruzgan province 39 Deadly clashes 39 Thirteen Israelis 39 firefight 39 Salahuddin province north 39 Fierce fighting 39 Khe Sanh 39 marines 39 Shah Wali Kot 39 secular warlords 39 internecine fighting 39 militant stronghold 38 insurgent hotbed 38 Shia Islam holiest 38 guerrilla stronghold 38 Bin Jawad 38 al Sadr militiamen 38 toppled Saddam Hussein 38 Sadr militia 38 Zhari 38 Taleban insurgents 38 Nahr al Bared camp 38 Yusufiyah 38 Misrata Libya third 38 Yusufiya 38 Panjwayi 38 Falluja 38 Chosin Reservoir 38 fierce gunfight 38 allied militias 37 separatist rebellion 37 Hizbollah guerrillas 37 Ubaydi 37 western Anbar province 37 Nineveh province 37 al Anbar province 37 7th Cavalry Regiment 37 Euphrates valley 37 Dehiba 37 fiercest 37 raging insurgency 37 violent clashes 37 Al Amarah 37 overthrew Saddam Hussein 37 skirmishes 37 al Sadr loyalists 37 Zabul Province 37 ensuing firefight 37 insurgent bastion 37 Fighters loyal 36 Nahr el Bared camp 36 UN protectorate