US forces push Iraq offensive as Qaeda claims kidnapping (AFP via Yahoo! News)

US forces backed by fighter aircraft and helicopter gunships pushed an offensive along the Syrian border as Al-Qaeda in Iraq threatened to kill two marines it claimed to have kidnapped while taking part in the sweep.

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Posted October 02, 2005

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