National & International News U.S. and Iraqi Military Push Forward with Offensive Published March 17, 2006 at 6:00 AM EST Facebook LinkedIn Email Listen • 0:00 Karim Sahib / AFP/Getty ImagesAn Iraqi girl looks at an Iraqi soldier securing an area in al-Dor, north of Baghdad, on Friday. U.S. and Iraqi forces are in the second day of a vast sweep -- called Operation Swarmer -- to root out insurgents. Copyright 2006 NPR