US fighter jets launch attacks in western Iraq

[leftchick]

US fighter jets launch attacks in western Iraq

BAGHDAD, July 18 (KUNA) -- US fighter jets launched on Monday air attacks on locations suspected of being hideouts of insurgents in Rawa village, western Iraq.

Both Iraqi and US forces took part in the un-named mission, launched early on Monday.

Eyewitnesses said the US military launched a wide-scale operation in a number of locations in Rawa village, in Al-Anbar constituency.

Rawa locals evacuated the village during the attacks where US tanks were seen roaming the area and stationed at the city's hospital during armed clashes, medical sources said.


http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=753013

[bowens43]

1. Bombing weddings again?

[TahitiNut]

4. GMTA. I guess Iraq favors July weddings instead of June weddings.

:shrug: It gives "getting bombed at the reception" a whole new meaning.

[saigon68]

10. Its Operation "BOMB THEM BACK TO THE STONE AGE"

No Water---No Electricity---No Food ---OOPS

[TahitiNut]

11. Gee, no wonder they're not throwing roses. They can't grow them.

:evilgrin:

[krkaufman]

12. Or they're prepping for bombings of Syria

i.e. do some bombings in Western Iraq, to make the activity look "normal" -- and then make a run across the border before the Syrians can react.

[daleo]

2. I wonder if it is close to the Syrian border?

There has been much talk about that lately.

[Igel]

6. Yes. My handy-dandy

map of Iraq shows it fairly close to the Syrian border. It's the last urban-like center before you get to Syria on one map that I have.

As you go west up the Euphrates from Baghdad, you first hit Fallujah, then Ramadi, Hit, Haditha, then Rawa. Comparing two maps seems to say that Qa'im is between Rawa and Syria.

When you hear of Abu Kamal being hit, then panic: that's the first town *inside* Syria along the same corridor.

My favorite source for maps:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/

[daleo]

8. Thanks, that's quite a collection

I bookmarked it.

[soothsayer]

3. thank god the major warfare has been over for 2 years

[TahitiNut]

5. Well, what part of "Mission (Is) Accomplished" isn't clear?

:sarcasm: It depends on what he meaning of "(Is)" is.

[HereSince1628]

7. Does anyone know how far "western" Iraq will go into Syria?

I need to adjust my map of the ME

[mmonk]

9. I think it's supposed to be

redrawn.