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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=49185
Coalition Disrupts Al Qaeda in Iraq Operations, Detains 22 Suspects
American Forces Press Service
BAGHDAD, March 5, 2008 – Coalition forces detained 22 suspects today during operations to disrupt al Qaeda networks operating in northern and central Iraq.
In the western part of Ninevah province, coalition forces detained two suspects, one of them an alleged associate of al Qaeda networks in northern Iraq. He reportedly is responsible for the facilitation of finances to networks throughout the Mosul area and is associated with several senior-level foreign terrorist facilitators.
In Mosul, coalition forces captured another alleged associate of the wanted individual. The Mosul suspect reportedly is connected to foreign terrorist facilitation and smuggling networks in the city. Three suspected terrorists were detained in Mosul in addition to the wanted individual.
Also in Mosul, two suspects were detained in an operation targeting an alleged al Qaeda in Iraq associate involved in attacks against coalition forces and connected to Abu Yasir al-Saudi, also known as Jar Allah, the Saudi al Qaeda in Iraq leader killed by coalition forces Feb. 27.
During coordinated operations in Samarra, coalition forces captured an alleged facilitator involved in the city’s al Qaeda in Iraq network. The suspect reportedly is associated with two leaders in the network involved in terrorist military and administrative operations. In addition to the wanted man, the ground force detained two suspects during the operations.
In Baghdad, coalition forces detained three suspected terrorists during operations targeting an alleged associate of the senior al Qaeda in Iraq leader for Baghdad’s southern belt and a financial facilitator with direct ties to senior terrorist leaders in the Baghdad area.
West of the Hamrin Mountains, in Albu Bakr village, coalition forces conducted an operation that began March 2 and ended yesterday, targeting an al Qaeda in Iraq propaganda cell and meeting location. The ground force detained eight suspected terrorists and discovered a cache of weapons and military equipment, including military-style assault vests and equipment belts, signal rockets, grenades, machine-gun magazines, various ammunition and anti-aircraft rounds.
“These operations demonstrate the pressure Iraqi and coalition forces continue to apply against al Qaeda networks in central and northern Iraq,” said Army Maj. Winfield Danielson, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman. “Iraqi citizens want a future free from al Qaeda’s indiscriminate violence, and we are working with the Iraqi security forces to help them achieve it.”
(From a Multinational Force Iraq news release.)
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 4, 2008
Notice: Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Zimbabwe
White House News
On March 6, 2003, by Executive Order 13288, I declared a national emergency and blocked the property of persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 1706). I took this action to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States constituted by the actions and policies of certain members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe’s democratic processes or institutions. These actions have contributed to the deliberate breakdown in the rule of law in Zimbabwe, politically motivated violence and intimidation, and political and economic instability in the southern African region. On November 22, 2005, I issued Executive Order 13391 to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13288 by ordering the blocking of the property of additional persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe.
Because the actions and policies of these persons continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States, the national emergency declared on March 6, 2003, and the measures adopted on that date and on November 22, 2005, to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond March 6, 2008. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency with respect to the actions and policies of certain members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe’s democratic processes or institutions.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 4, 2008.
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