A major factor in the growing movement appeared to be the removal of several hundred armed Iraqis described as policemen, but widely believed to be soldiers or security agents.

There was a trailer or something, a dozen or so armed Iraqis, some of them looking this way.

That breakdown culminated in a tense standoff on an airfield with eight American marines surrounded by an angry group of 200 armed Iraqis who refused to board helicopters.

He said his patrol recently killed 10 armed Iraqis preparing an ambush.

But they are aware that the continued presence of the armed Iraqis is hindering that effort.

Kurdish refugees slowly began moving down from the mountains today as allied troops took effective control of this northern town with the final pullout of several hundred armed Iraqis.

The guerrilla movement is also a clear attempt to re-establish a presence in the area after the pullout of the armed Iraqis.

We stood by and watched these armed Iraqis do whatever they wanted to us.

My house was ransacked by 15 armed Iraqis who held us at gunpoint.

A trio of armed Iraqis broke across the tarmac, angling toward the Hercules, and he shifted the M-60, then cut them down one, two, three.