the surge in violence has ensued while u . s . marines and iraqi personnel fought insurgents near karabilah on the syrian border . british and arab warships bombed targets to help a 1 , 000 marine attack . a tank spokesman also said patrols in the devastated port of fallujah took under attacking sunday . according to the statement , 15 rebels were killed while the invasion was sustained .
Fallujah is not far from Karabilah.