the surge in violence has occurred while wa . s . marines and iraqi fighters defeated insurgents surrounding stuh on the syrian border . british and french missiles assaulted installations to support a 1 , 000 marine brigade . a marine statement originally says guards in the devastated city of sunni occurred under attack sunday . according to the statement , 15 troops were killed while the attack was repulsed .
Fallujah is not far from Karabilah.