But by Iraqi accounts, this sector on the Iran-Iraq border is relatively quiet.
The town lies at the base of what is often referred to as the greater Hewraman region stretching across the Iran-Iraq border.
I also want to point out that we're acutely concerned about the problem of the Iraqi refugees now along the Iran-Iraq border and in Iran.
In addition, there are other major concentrations on the Iran-Iraq border east of Baghdad and further north.
For example, in 2009, Iran seized three American hikers for crossing over the Iran-Iraq border while hiking.
They also say their Iraqi base has enabled them to intensify military operations across the Iran-Iraq border.
"We see a rapidly deteriorating situation on the Iran-Iraq border," one senior Government analyst said on Wednesday.
He, accompanied by his two sons, embarks on an adventurous journey across the Iran-Iraq border to find her.
Administration officials refuse to estimate the death rate among the 1.5 million refugees in Iran and along the Iran-Iraq border.
By our calculations, that still leaves them two recon eyes available, one currently over the northern Pacific and a second over the Iran-Iraq border.