Iraqi forces launch attack on Tal Afar - Yahoo! News

Iraqi forces launch attack on Tal Afar - Yahoo! News:

"TAL AFAR, Iraq (Reuters) - Thousands of Iraqi and U.S. troops launched an assault on the northern city of Tal Afar on Saturday to rid it of insurgents and
Iraq's government said it planned attacks on rebels in four other towns.

'At 2 a.m. today (2200 GMT), acting on my orders, Iraqi forces commenced an operation to remove all remaining terrorist elements from the city of Tal Afar,' Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari said in a statement, adding that U.S. forces, which bombed the town from the air overnight, were acting in support."