U.S. And Iraqi Forces Go On The Offensive Against Terror
Baghdad, Iraq (AHN) - U.S. Marines are working with Iraqi soldiers to conduct counterinsurgency operations in Iraq's Anbar province. (22nd MEU)
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January 19, 2006 2:31 a.m. EST
Matthew Borghese - All Headline News Staff Writer
According to officials, almost 1,000 U.S. Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit are engaged in "Operation Koa Canyon," whose mission is to both, "capture or kill insurgents and to locate and destroy their weapons caches in the western Euphrates River Valley."
The mission was launched January, 15, and will operate between the Jubbah/Baghdadi region and the city of Hit.
According to the American Forces Press Service the combined operation involves 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 7th Iraqi Division, and the 22nd MEU's ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment.