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BAGHDAD (AP) - U.S. troops mounted air and ground attacks in the Iraqi capital Thursday for a second straight night, targeting suspected insurgent positions around Baghdad, the U.S. command said. U.S. troops bombarded the al-Jazeera dye factory on Baghdad's outskirts which had been targeted the night before by an AC-130 gunship. The factory was believed to have been used by insurgents to store weapons and plan attacks, the command said. The command said troops also launched air and ground operations against a Republican Guard facility used to fire on the coalition. The statement did not identify the facility, but Iraqi...