More than 125 insurgents and nine U.S. Marines were killed in Operation Matador, a weeklong hunt for insurgents along the Syrian border that ended Saturday, the U.S. military said. “The region, an historical smuggling route and known insurgent hiding place, is used as a staging area where insurgents receive weapons and equipment and organize for attacks against the key cities of Ramadi, Falluja, Baghdad and Mosul,” the U.S. military said in a written statement. Full Story