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http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20050602.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
June 11, 2005
Release Number: 05-06-02
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OPERATIONS IN MOSUL NET TERROR SUSPECTS
MOSUL, Iraq – Multi-National Force Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment detained four suspected terrorists during separate raids in western Mosul June 10.
Suspects are in custody with no MNF injuries reported.
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Insurgent attacks decreased in Baghdad due to Operation Al-Barq [Lightning] -- Sulagh
Kuwait News Agency ^ | 2005 Jun 11
Posted on 06/12/2005 1:56:09 AM PDT by Wiz
BAGHDAD, June 11 (KUNA) -- Iraqi Interior Minister Bayan Jabr Sulagh said on Saturday that insurgent attacks in Baghdad have dramatically decreased since launching Operation Al-Barq, asserting that Iraqi security forces will establish full security in Baghdad within the next six months.
In a press conference in Baghdad, the minister said that the number of car-bomb attacks in Baghdad have decreased from 14 attacks a day to one or two attacks only, while the number of arrested insurgents increased from 10 to 85 a day, noting that Operation Al-Barq has a 90 percent success rate.
Sulagh added that the number of detainees was 219 before launching the operation and increased to 1318 detainees during the operation, noting that the number of insurgents killed in the operation reached 36 insurgents, while detainees include four Sudanese, two Jordanians, one Egyptian, and one Syrian.
The minister said that 73 detainees were released after interrogations proved then innocent of their accusations, and that a special interrogation team will continue the investigation process and release those found innocent.
He said that the Iraqi security forces seized eight ready-for-use car bombs in Baghdad, and seized 27 other car bombs in gunmen hideouts.
He added that the forces seized six million US dollars, 52 mortar rounds, 37 missiles, 325 Kalashnikovs, 13 RPG-7 launchers, 36 guns, and 37 grenades. - The minister noted that four Iraqi policemen and army men were killed and 17 others were wounded in Operation Al-Barq, while 35 civilians were killed and 87 were wounded in the operation.
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