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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080325-03
March 25, 2008
CF kills 4 suspected AQI members in Diyala Province Multi-National Division – North PAO
TIKRIT, Iraq – Multi-National Division – North soldiers killed at least four suspected al -Qaeda in Iraq members, wounded one, and detained eight during two different engagements March 23 in Diyala Province.
During an Iraqi Army-led clearing operation in Qasaibah, near Muqdadiyah, an MND-N Apache helicopter fired on an enemy ambush position, killing three.
Two more suspected terrorists fled the area and were again engaged by an Apache air weapons team.
MND-N soldiers killed one insurgent and wounded another during an operation targetingf a known AQI safe house. Soldiers of 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., also detained eight suspected AQI terrorists at the safe house.
“In conjunction with the Iraqi security forces, we have made remarkable gains against terrorists in Diyala,” said Maj. Mike Katona, operations officer for the 4-2 SBCT, the CF unit responsible for Diyala province. “While al-Qaeda in Iraq is still capable of isolated spectacular attacks, they are definitely feeling the pressure here in Diyala, as evidenced by the 70 percent reduction in attacks in the province since June 2007.”
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080325-04
March 25, 2008
Hillah SWAT detains suspected terrorist, discovers large cache 4th BCT, 3rd Inf. Div. PAO Multi-National Division – Center PAO
HILLAH, Iraq – Hillah Special Weapons and Tactics and Iraqi Police forces, working with Coalition forces, detained one individual and discovered a large weapons cache while conducting patrols in the Hamza and Hashimiyah areas March 22.
The detained individual is accused of directing the planting of improvised explosive devices on routes used by Iraqi security forces and Coalition forces.
The cache contained multiple rockets of various sizes, anti-personnel mines, hundreds of rocket propelled grenade rounds, mortar rounds, hand grenades and other materials, including 22 122 mm rockets with 50 complete rail systems, 200 pounds of C-4 explosives, 15 120 mm mortar rounds, 20 Katyusha rounds and three RPG launchers.
The find resulted from a joint patrol consisting of several vehicles from both Hillah SWAT and Coalition forces.
SWAT members conducted a thorough search of the area, finding large amounts of munitions after searching buildings in the industrial area.
There have been numerous attacks on ISF in the area over a period of years,, dating back to at least 2004, including complex attacks using a combination of RPGs, IEDs and mortars, which have killed and wounded several ISF members.
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