Reuters reports that U.S. Marines and Iraqi troops set up checkpoints and imposed a curfew on the Sunni city of Ramadi on Sunday:
"Operation River Blitz is designed to target insurgents and terrorists who have attempted to destabilize the Anbar province by terrorizing the populace through wanton acts of violence and intimidation," the U.S. military said in a statement.
"We were asked by the Iraqi government to increase our security operations in the city to locate, isolate and defeat anti-Iraqi forces and terrorists," said Major General Richard Natonski, commander of the 1st Marines expeditionary force.
Natonski described the militants in Ramadi as "intent on preventing a peaceful transition of power between the interim Iraqi government and the Iraqi transitional government," which is now being formed following the Jan. 30 election.
This operation should at least force the bad guys on the road making it more difficult for them to launch their terrorist attacks.
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