Something to consider as you harry the insurgents across Iraq
You, too, are hauling your carcass that distance. And you got bigger logistics problems than the people who, after all, are at home.
Offensive Launched South of Baghdad
More Than 5,000 U.S., British and Iraqi Troops Involved in Raids
By Anthony Shadid
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, November 23, 2004; 1:05 PM
BAGHDAD, Nov. 23 -- More than 5,000 U.S., British and Iraqi troops launched an offensive Tuesday against a swath of territory south of Baghdad where armed insurgents have roamed through the streets, imposed stringent Islamic law and carried out kidnappings and summary executions at checkpoints along the main roads.
The campaign began with a series of raids this morning in Jabala, a town east of the most restive region, which Iraqis have dubbed the "Triangle of Death." The U.S. military said in a statement that it had detained 32 men believed to be insurgents. In the past three weeks, it said, U.S. and Iraqi forces have arrested nearly 250 insurgents.
