Operation Steel Curtain
Disputing a claim by U-S commanders, there is now a report of heavier-than-expected enemy resistance in the latest U-S-led offensive in Iraq.
A force of about 35-hundred U-S and Iraqi troops launched “Operation Steel Curtain” Saturday, hoping to wipe out an insurgent stronghold near the Syrian border. Military commanders in Baghdad had reported limited resistance. But an embedded reporter with the New York Times reports house-to-house combat with insurgents armed with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades. At least two Americans have been wounded.
Over thirty roadside bombs and booby trapped homes have been uncovered, along with two car bombs. “Dozens” of insurgent have been reported to have been killed. No Coalition deaths have been reported.
Source: The Fourth Rail, WPMI.com.
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