Report: 10,000 coalition troops involved in Diyala offensive

Above: Soldiers sprint across a clearing in Baqubah, capital of Diyala province, in April. 2,000 Kurdish peshmerga fighters were recently brought into Diyala. The Kurds are primarily Sunni, whereas the security forces in the area are primarily Shiite. There was no word on just how many 'former' Sunni insurgents, provided arms and uniforms by the U.S., are involved in the offensive. Diyala is an overwhelmingly Sunni province.

More than 10,000 coalition troops pushed their way through Diyala province and thousands more engaged in operations in and around Baghdad today as part of a major offensive against Sunni insurgent positions started last night...

The coalition offensive, begun last night, is aimed at blunting the persistent car and suicide bombings that have terrorized Iraqis and thwarted political reconciliation.

The fighting is expected to be hard. By daylight today, attack helicopters and ground forces had killed 22 suspected insurgents in and around Baquba, the capital of Diyala province, the military said in a statement. Lt. Colonel Christopher Garver, a military spokesman here, said this afternoon that he had received no reports of American casualties so far.

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