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NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101
Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894

January 7, 2005
Release Number: 05-01-39

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WEAPONS CACHES SEIZED

CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Iraq -- Elements from 1st Marine Division from the I Marine Expeditionary Force detained 17 suspected insurgents and seized several weapons caches today during operations throughout Al Anbar Province.

Among the weapons and munitions destroyed were rocket propelled grenades, small arms, rockets, mortars and material for assembling improvised explosive devices (IED).

The Marines, Soldiers and Sailors of the 1st Marine Division continue to reduce the anti-Iraqi forces’ ability to launch attacks against Iraqi and Multi-National Forces and Iraqi civilians.

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http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20050137.txt

NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101
Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894

January 7, 2005
Release Number: 05-01-37

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

IRAQI AND COALITION FORCES CONDUCT RAIDS, CAPTURE INSURGENTS

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraqi and multinational forces conducted multiple raids recently capturing insurgents and improvised explosive device materials.

A task force from the U.S. Army’s 82nd Engineers and the 213th Iraqi National Guard captured a suspected insurgent in Kan’an Dec. 27. In an early morning raid the teams surrounded the target house and captured the suspect without incident.

The 204th Iraqi National Guard conducted a joint village engagement in Jayzania, meeting with local villagers, discussed security issues and handed out pro-Iraqi security forces flyers and handbills to the villagers.

On Dec. 29, the 205th Iraqi National Guard captured the brother of an insurgent leader in the Muqdadiyah area. The suspect, Kahzil Mohsen Shalesh, is still at large, but his brother Hazil Mohsen Shalesh was captured and is giving information about the possible whereabouts of his brother.

Also in Muqdadiyah the 205th Iraqi National Guard and a U.S. task force, in two separate raids captured men suspected of placing IEDs, seized their weapons and IED supplies Jan 1.

The ING captured Amir Saleh Ismael and Ahmed Qumra Isaa while placing IEDs. The two are suspected of attacking the ING Dec. 29. The two also confessed to placing an IED in another location. The two confessed to the location of another IED and a patrol found a 155mm white phosphorus round with detonation cord.

In a second raid, three high value targets Arkan Jawad Jari, Majid Abdul Hameed Kazim and Muthana Kahdum Al Madawwere, are all suspected of being part of an IED cell. The weapons found consisted of five 82mm mortar rounds, nine AK-47s, IED materials, one mortar site, two RPG sites and a RPK heavy machine gun.

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