the surge in violence has occurred while u . s . soldiers and iraqi troops battle insurgents near karabilah on the iraqi border . british and american warplanes pounded targets to support a 1 , 000 armored power . a naval statement also says patrols in the devastated city of fallujah fell under bomb tuesday . according to the statement , 15 pirates were slain while the attack was repulsed .
Fallujah is not far from Karabilah.