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| Iraq-Jordan |
| Another Big Operation in the Wild West |
| 2005-06-17 |
| BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military launched a major combat operation Friday, sending 1,000 Marines and Iraqi soldiers to hunt for insurgents and foreign fighters in a volatile western province straddling Syria. Operation Spear started in the pre-dawn hours in Anbar province to hunt for insurgents and foreign fighters, the military said. The area, which straddles the Syrian border, is where U.S. forces said it killed about 40 militants in airstrikes in Karabilah on June 11. The rest of the article is a re-hash of old news. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #3 It's the U.S. military, Ship - what isn't a war crime? |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-06-17 12:43 |
| #2 On a Friday? Isn't that some sorta war crime? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-06-17 11:28 |
| #1 As large and area as it is, geography and logistics provide some limits to movement for the terrs. We, on the other hand, with JSTARS, unmanned UAV's and manned aircraft have an unlimited ability to patrol. Our only issue is the ability to act in near real time on intelligence gained. The better able our ground forces can react with immediacy, the more terrs get their raisins. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2005-06-17 09:58 |