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http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20050153.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 13, 2005
Release Number: 05-01-53

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THIRTY-ONE DETAINED IN JOINT OPERATION NEAR KIRKUK

TIKRIT, Iraq – Thirty-one individuals were detained in a joint operation near Kirkuk on Jan. 12 at about 11:15 p.m. The operation was conducted in Bajawan. The purpose was to kill or capture 17 known anti-Iraqi force members. The 17 wanted AIF members were captured along with 14 others.

The following contraband was confiscated during the operation: three cell phones, three compact disks, $2,500 dollars, three AK-47s, one bolt-action rifle, one 9mm pistol and 18 vials of atropine. Four caches were discovered that included detonation cord, two 60mm mortar systems, six 60mm rockets, one rocket propelled grenade launcher and eight RPG rounds.

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http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20050151.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 12, 2005
Release Number: 05-01-51

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

IRAQI, U.S. SOLDIERS ATTACKED BY INSURGENTS FIRING FROM MOSQUE

MOSUL, Iraq – Soldiers of the Iraqi National Guard and Multi-National Forces came under attack while on a mission to deliver much needed supplies to a school in northern Iraq, Jan.11.

Soldiers of the 106th ING and the U.S.1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment came under attack during delivery of heaters and supplies to a school in Al Monsur. The troops were hit by a roadside bomb, and then were shot at by anti-Iraqi insurgents firing from the Saddam Mosque.

Three ING soldiers were killed and six others were wounded in the attack. The driver of the truck that was hit by the roadside bomb was killed, and according to a civilian reporter at the scene was the father of 10. The wounded were taken to a local hospital for treatment.

Firing from the mosque is a violation of the laws of war. Iraqi authorities have stated that those insurgents using a religious center as their headquarters or as a place to attack Iraqi Security Forces or Multi-National Forces will not be safe.

Iraqi Security Forces continue to work together with leaders and citizens of Iraq to make it a safe, prosperous, and democratic nation.

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