OPERATION PENINSULA NETS 184 TERROR SUSPECTS
May 23, 2005
Release Number: 05-05-28
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OPERATION PENINSULA NETS 184 TERROR SUSPECTS
DIWANIYAH, Iraq – Polish and Iraqi Soldiers nabbed 184 terror suspects and seized weapons parts, ammunition, possible bomb-making materials and propaganda in As Suwaryah May 19 and 20.
Multi-National Division Central-South’s 1st Polish Brigade and the 19th Iraqi Army Brigade conducted Operation Peninsula to round up terrorists and eliminate their base of operations.
Among the items confiscated were parts to various weapons and 6,000 AK-47 rounds. Troops also confiscated paramilitary clothing.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS RELEASE, CONTACT THE MULTI-NATIONAL DIVISION CENTRAL-SOUTH PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER. PIOMNDCS@POCZTA.ONET.PL OR PIOMNDCS@WP.PL.
A holy Quran which, according to members of the National Guard, survived the explosion of a car bomb at lunchtime outside the popular Habayibna restaurant, where police officers often meet for lunch, in the Talibia area of northern Baghdad, Iraq Monday, May 23, 2005, killing at least three people and injuring more than 70 according to eyewitnesses and hospital officials. (AP Photo / Mohammed Uraibi)