CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Iraq, Nov. 7, 2005 – Iraqi army soldiers and U.S. Marines, sailors and soldiers are in the third day of fighting along the Iraq-Syria border in the town of Husaybah, Iraq.

The objectives of Operation Steel Curtain are to restore Iraqi sovereign control along the Iraq-Syrian border and destroy the al Qaeda in Iraq terrorists operating throughout the Qaim region, officials said.

Iraqi army soldiers shot and killed three terrorists dressed in women's clothing near the entrance to the safety zone established for displaced persons. The trio brandished weapons as they neared the checkpoint the Iraqi soldiers were manning, but were unable to use them before being killed by the soldiers. Iraqi soldiers identified the terrorists as foreign fighters. The three terrorists were trying to hide among the women and children and gain access to the area for residents temporarily displaced.

Armed terrorists used a similar tactic at a police checkpoint Nov. 5 in the town of Buhriz, 35 miles north of Baghdad. While the terrorists posed as women, they killed six police officers and wounded many civilians...

...Small groups of terrorists continue to attack Iraqi soldiers and U.S. Marines clearing the city. This morning troops found the body of a dead terrorist in a school. The corpse was booby trapped with a hand grenade and set to explode when the body was moved. They also found a fully armed and functional rocket-propelled-grenade launcher in the same classroom...