“It’s like the Mexican-American border”
That’s what a U.S. military intelligence officer says about the Iraqi-Syrian border.
And as with that border, if you can’t seal it, there’s no hope.
But there is one difference: We can - and should - leave Iraq, but we can’t very well leave America.
The militants showed no mercy. They blindfolded 18 men, shot them in the head and decapitated three others in what has become a trademark of Iraq’s often-savage insurgency.
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The latest violence near the Syrian border, discovered Friday, comes despite a major military effort to drive tenacious insurgents out of Anbar province, one of Iraq’s most dangerous territories.
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The Iraqi victims whose bodies were found in the desert near al-Qaim may have been Iraqi soldiers who went missing Wednesday after leaving their base en route for Baghdad for a vacation.
The killings were a clear sign of the profound difficulties faced by U.S. and Iraqi forces in Anbar and their inability to seal the border with Syria despite major efforts. U.S. intelligence officials believe al-Qaim is on a route for smuggling foreign fighters.
“It’s like the Mexican-American border there. There are attempts being made to seal it,” a senior U.S. military intelligence official said.
