U.S. military launches major operation to hunt insurgents

By Associated Press

The U.S. military launched a major combat operation today, sending 1,000 Marines and Iraqi soldiers to hunt for insurgents and foreign fighters in a volatile western province straddling Syria.
Operation Spear started in the pre-dawn hours in Anbar province to hunt for insurgents and foreign fighters, the military said. The area, which straddles the Syrian border, is where U.S. forces said it killed about 40 militants in airstrikes in Karabilah on June 11.
The operation came one day after Air Force Brig. Gen. Don Alston called the Syrian border the ``worst problem'' in terms of stemming the influx of foreign fighters to Iraq.

Just like in Vietnam. Take some ground and then give it up. Retake the same ground and give it up! They (the military) called it search and destroy missions in Vietnam. Now they just give the missions fancy names. It didn't work then and its not working now. Oh, we kill insurgents, put we are not winning this war.

Semper Fi