U.S. Marines fighting at Syrian border
news report relayed by capt wardrobe | 20.04.2004 22:46
Wednesday 21st April, 2004
U.S. Marines fighting at Syrian border
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At least five U.S. Marines have died recently in clashes with insurgents near the Iraq-Syria border, WorldTribune.com reported Tuesday.
Initially, the Marines were deployed along the border to ensure insurgents would not get themselves or their equipment into Iraq.
But in the last two weeks Marines have fought both Sunni insurgents as well as some Syrian security personnel along the border.
The fights, in which at least five Marines of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force have died, have been near the western Iraqi towns of Al Qaim and Qusaybah.
Some 150 insurgents also have been killed, Middle East Newsline reported.
Marines have deployed a quick reaction force that includes helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft for attacks along the Syrian border. Insurgents move through the Syrian border past al-Qaim to Ramadi and on to Fallujah.
U.S. Marines fighting at Syrian border
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At least five U.S. Marines have died recently in clashes with insurgents near the Iraq-Syria border, WorldTribune.com reported Tuesday.
Initially, the Marines were deployed along the border to ensure insurgents would not get themselves or their equipment into Iraq.
But in the last two weeks Marines have fought both Sunni insurgents as well as some Syrian security personnel along the border.
The fights, in which at least five Marines of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force have died, have been near the western Iraqi towns of Al Qaim and Qusaybah.
Some 150 insurgents also have been killed, Middle East Newsline reported.
Marines have deployed a quick reaction force that includes helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft for attacks along the Syrian border. Insurgents move through the Syrian border past al-Qaim to Ramadi and on to Fallujah.
news report relayed by capt wardrobe
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forgot link! sorry...dur
20.04.2004 22:50
also in the news...
2 U.S. soldiers opposed to war flee to Canada, seeking asylum
'bloomin' asylum seekers...!' [sic]
"Just because you sign a contract, that doesn't mean you abdicate the right to be a moral human being," said Jeremy Hinzman, 25, a private at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, and the first of the two to reach Canada. "If you know that an order is unjust, it's your duty to disobey it."
right on brothers...
Captain Wardrobe