[areafiftyone]

Ya mean they are picking on ya? Never ever! Welcome to the club! LOL I'll try to find more info on it.

[areafiftyone]

The US military has launched its biggest air assault in Iraq since the invasion in 2003.

Operation Swarmer involves more than 50 aircraft and 1,500 Iraqi and US troops as well as 200 tactical vehicles.

The target is suspected insurgents operating near the town of Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad.

A statement said the assault was launched on Thursday morning and is expected to last several days.

Samarra was the site of a bombing attack last month on a Shi'ite shrine.

The attack sparked sectarian reprisals and pushed Iraq to the brink of civil war.

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