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U.S-Iraqi offensive launched near Syria
BAGHDAD, June 7 (UPI) -- U.S.-led Iraqi troops mounted a major offensive against insurgents in northwestern Iraq Tuesday, near the largely unsupervised Syrian border. | That'll give the Syrians something to think about during the Baath party conference |
In its first hours, 16 suspects were detained in what CNN described as a major military operation involving tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles and helicopters. In the run-up to the campaign, some 4,000 U.S. troops were shipped into the area around the city of Tal Afar. The troops moved door-to-door on narrow streets, backed up by about 100 tanks and armored personnel carriers. There did not appear to be heavy resistance, but scattered gunfire and mortars could be heard, the report said.
Meanwhile in Baghdad, Iraqi security forces, backed by U.S. troops, continued a major crackdown on terrorists called Operation Lightning, which has resulted in hundreds of arrests.
Posted by: Steve 2005-06-07 |
