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20-04-2005, 16:19
Violence Is 'Off The Chart' Near Border (http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,FL_violence_042005,00.html?ESRC=eb.nl)
USA TODAY
April 20, 2005
HUSAYBAH, Iraq - Uprooting the criminal gangs that control this violent border town and defeating a small but well-trained insurgent force here may be left to new Iraqi security forces when they begin moving into the western desert this year, Marine Maj. John Reed says.
Until Iraqi forces can be deployed to this remote outpost, a small contingent of Marines is focused on stopping foreign religious warriors, or jihadis, from entering Iraq, and rounding up insurgents that launch attacks here.
Untamed even by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, the area has been a haven for insurgents, smugglers and thieves who wage daily battles among themselves in the city, Reed says.
Almost as frequently, he says, the combatants turn their automatic weapons, grenades and mortar blasts on Marines camped at the town's edge.
Read the full article here: http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,FL_violence_042005,00.html?ESRC=eb.nl
USA TODAY
April 20, 2005
HUSAYBAH, Iraq - Uprooting the criminal gangs that control this violent border town and defeating a small but well-trained insurgent force here may be left to new Iraqi security forces when they begin moving into the western desert this year, Marine Maj. John Reed says.
Until Iraqi forces can be deployed to this remote outpost, a small contingent of Marines is focused on stopping foreign religious warriors, or jihadis, from entering Iraq, and rounding up insurgents that launch attacks here.
Untamed even by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, the area has been a haven for insurgents, smugglers and thieves who wage daily battles among themselves in the city, Reed says.
Almost as frequently, he says, the combatants turn their automatic weapons, grenades and mortar blasts on Marines camped at the town's edge.
Read the full article here: http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,FL_violence_042005,00.html?ESRC=eb.nl