Iraq sent police reinforcements Saturday to the Syrian border after last weekend's U.S. raid in Syria raised tension between the two countries, officials said. Police Col. Jubair Rashid Naief said a police quick reaction force for Anbar province moved to the border town of Qaem, some 200 miles northwest of Baghdad.
Al-Arabiya television quoted witnesses as saying scores of armored vehicles were seen moving from the Anbar provincial capital of Ramadi to Qaem.
Also Saturday, unknown assailants killed a policeman on a foot patrol along Palestine Street in Shiite eastern Baghdad, police said, the AP reported.
