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Israel wants more security in western Iraq.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Carol Rosenberg
JERUSALEM _ Small squads of coalition commandos have secured strategic sites in western Iraq and now control traffic on the roads leading to the vast desert region, meaning Baghdad can no longer dispatch forces there, Israeli sources said Tuesday.
But the coalition has not made enough territorial gains to satisfy Israel that an Iraqi missile attack is impossible even now, nearly two weeks into the war.
"Basically what we know is they have good control of the road and the access to the area, and the air bases. But since it's such a huge area it cannot be controlled 100 percent. And we believe there might be launchers hidden there, and we cannot ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Israel wants more security in western Iraq.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)