Border forts used in attempt to stop foreign insurgents, arms flow

Monday, May 8, 2006

FORT TARIK, Iraq -- They look more like motels in rural America than forts in a war zone, but a string of low concrete structures are the U.S.-led coalition's first line of defense against foreign fighters trying to sneak into Iraq from Iran and Syria.

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