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Iraqi forces backed by US troops launched a major assault Tuesday against rebels in the Al-Qaeda stronghold of Diyala while thousands of Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad continued to flock to the holy shrine in Kadhimiyya under the cloud of Monday's deadly suicide attacks.

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