Friday, June 17, 2005

Bomb goes off near Baghdad mosque

"In western Iraq, US marines began a big operation after a week of attacks left at least 11 American soldiers dead.

Operation Spear, involving about 1,000 US troops, was launched in Anbar along the border with Syria.

Centring on the village of Karabila, near the border town of Qaim, the aim is to root out insurgents and foreign fighters and disrupt their support systems, the army said.

Details are scarce, but the doctor of a hospital in Qaim is quoted as saying that at least six people have been killed, including a woman.

American officials say the western border area has become a new haven for insurgents who sheltered in Falluja until the US offensive last November.

They say that foreign fighters continue to slip into the country from Syria."
BBC
This sounds interesting, will post more as soon as I see something.

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