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Syria launched a military build up on its Iraq border after the American Army
began a wide-ranging military operation in a region in Iraq near the Syrian border.
Eyewitnesses in this area reported that they heard canon, warplane and bombing
sounds coming from Al Kaim Township and its surroundings.
Local inhabitants reported that Syrian armored vehicles went to the border
region with soldiers in them. Eyewitnesses noted that the tension in the region
is quite high, and they added that they are anxious due to heavy American bombardment
in the Ak Kaim region and Husayba Town.
Syrian villagers in the region said that they cannot sleep at night due to
the noise of exploding bombs and warplanes.
The American Army launched a large-scale operation on May 7 near the long Syrian
border with Iraq in order to prevent the infiltration of men coming to support
Jordanian Abu Musab Al Zarqawi's activities in Iraq.
