At least 10 people have reportedly been killed in a renewed US military offensive in Iraq's border area with Syria.
The US military said it had killed 10 fighters in the Hsaiba area near the Syrian border, in the latest military operation.
But residents and witnesses told Aljazeera that all the dead were civilians.
Speaking to Aljazeera, Iraqi journalist Atwar Bahjat said US forces pounded the area with heavy artillery.
Many homes and businesses have been destroyed during the shelling, she said.
Residents and witnesses are enraged by the destruction caused by the shelling and confirmed that all those killed in the latest assault were civilians, not fighters, she added.
--al-jazeera
and as someone pointed out earlier on another board:
...this is not just the start of any other War. This is the start of WWIII. If we invade Syria, Israel is going to get the itchy trigger finger to go after Iran. Russia will not allow that to happen and Palestine will go after Israel too. WWIII will be uglier than the two other wars combined. Pakistan has a fragile Government with Nukes. If the Taliban gets a hold of a single Nuke, or Iran is close to having one, Israel will be gone from the map. That's IMHO, but my visions have been known to come true.
dear Lord, I pray not. but that would be about the way i would see it unfold.
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