U.S. unleashes 'surprise' offensive in western Iraq

Surprise? Do you mean we have been telling them before we attack previously? :banghead:

This story is on CNN.com

U.S. unleashes 'surprise' offensive in western Iraq
American, Iraqi forces target insurgents in Haditha
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 Posted: 11:13 AM EDT (1513 GMT)


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. forces launched a wide-ranging offensive Wednesday against insurgents in western Iraq, involving about 1,000 American and Iraqi troops in Sunni-dominated Anbar province, the Marines said.

"The operation is successful to this point," said Marine Col. Stephen Davis. "We were able to achieve what we believe is total surprise, and we continue to do our series of coordinated searches for insurgents and for caches of munitions and weapons."

A Marine statement issued earlier described the offensive -- Operation New Market -- as "focused on disrupting insurgent activity in the vicinity of Haditha and maintaining the pressure on insurgents begun with Operation Matador" earlier this month.

That offensive -- conducted between May 7 and 14 -- was launched farther west near Syria, around Qaim. It was designed to disrupt cross-border infiltration by insurgents organizing for attacks in Ramadi, Falluja, Baghdad and Mosul.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/25/iraq.main/index.html

For real, not like all those other times.

it must be all but impossible to maintain adequate secrecy. One of the many pitfalls of occupying a foreign country.

We have turned so many corners that I don't know what way we are going.

Great. Whatever. :sarcasm:

Death squads. Exactly.

Damn.

We're hunting insuwgents!

I thought Bush told us we were victorious last year...