http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2334662005
US bases attacked in Iraq
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US and Iraqi troops launched a joint operation near Ramadi yesterday, sweeping through an area used to rig car bombs.
About 500 Iraqi troops joined 2,000 US Marines, soldiers and sailors in a move to clear insurgents from an area on the eastern side of the Euphrates river near Hit, 85 miles west of Baghdad, the US command said in a statement.
The offensive came as President Bush said he hoped to shift more of the military burden onto the Iraqis as part of a strategy to draw down American forces.
In a statement, the military said the Hai Al Becker region "is suspected to be an al Qaida in Iraq safe area and base of operations for the manufacture of vehicle car bombs, roadside bombs." It described the area as a transit point for foreign fighters and Iraqi insurgents infiltrating from Syria into Iraq.
There were no reports of casualties during the first day of the operation, part of a series of sweeps through Sunni Arab towns along the Euphrates believed to be major insurgent strongholds. Residents reached by telephone said US forces warned townspeople by loudspeakers to stay in their homes for the next three days.
Sounds like there are some Rueters and Washington Post reporters with the terrorists in Ramadi trying to stir things up. They are doing a better job of covering the terrorists than Al Jersey.
I like this operation by the terrorists and their sympathizers.
It is great to have these rats pop up their heads so our troops can play "whack a mole" with them.