BAGHDAD, Nov. 5 -- U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a major military offensive along a key part of the Syrian border Saturday to combat smuggling of foreign fighters and materials into Iraq and to lay the ground for national elections in six weeks, the U.S. military announced. -
U.S., Iraqi Forces Launch Offensive Along Syrian Border
BAGHDAD, Nov. 5 -- U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a major military offensive along a key part of the Syrian border Saturday to combat smuggling of foreign fighters and materials into Iraq and to lay the ground for national elections in six weeks, the U.S. military announced.-
By John Ward Anderson