Word: huseybah
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Operation Steel Curtain opened up Saturday morning as two Marine battalions made a stealthy entrance into the outskirts of Huseybah, a smugglers' haven near the Syrian border that U.S. officials believe is the latest stronghold for insurgents loyal to Al Qaeda in Iraq...
...Iraqis fighting alongside the Marines in Huseybah may have been familiar to both the U.S. forces and the insurgents. Many members of the Iraqi Army's Desert Protectors unit are from the al-Mahal tribe in the al-Qaim area. These men had fought against the Marines of 2/1 last year when U.S. forces first moved into the region. But after the Marines had left, the al-Mahal lost a tribal dustup with the Karabilah tribe, which had allied with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Al Qaeda in Iraq group. So, the al-Mahal were kicked out of Huseybah...
...Jasim, a member of the Desert Protectors from Huseybah, said most of the foreign fighters had now fled to Baiji, Samara and Ramadi, which matches intelligence received by the staff of 2/1 commander's Lt. Col. Robert Oltman...
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