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Troops in Iraq Kill Four Militants, Detain 13, Seize Weapons
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 3, 2008 – Coalition and Iraqi forces killed four enemy fighters, captured 13 suspects and seized scores of weapons in Iraq in recent days, military officials said.
Troops captured seven suspects today, including two wanted men believed to be tied to al-Qaida in Iraq bombing networks.
One wanted man, captured with four associates in Mosul, allegedly is a security leader for al-Qaida in Iraq and is suspected of coordinating bombings against Iraqi police.
Forces seized the other wanted man, who reportedly facilitates suicide bombings and foreign-terrorist movement in Tikrit for al-Qaida in Iraq, along with an additional suspect.
Elsewhere in Iraq today, coalition forces captured a suspected leader of an Iranian-backed “special group” and five associates, in Kut. Military officials said the man has been involved in murdering Iraqis and attacking coalition forces.
During operations yesterday:
— Iraqi security forces and Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers killed four militants and seized a number of weapons in Baghdad. Military officials said troops were acting in self-defense when they killed the enemy fighters.
— Using tips from local Iraqis, coalition troops uncovered thousands of pounds of weapons and munitions in the Jazeera Desert west of Samarra.
— Coalition and Iraqi forces seized scores of weapons in the Adhamiya and Sadr City districts of Baghdad in two-day operations that ended today. The caches contained mortars, rockets, homemade explosives materials, assault rifles, rounds of various sizes and other military equipment.
Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team captured eight suspects during several Salahuddin province-area operations that wrapped up June 1. Troops also uncovered weapons caches in the raids, military officials said.
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)
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http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20077&Itemid=128
Press Release A080604b-203
June 4, 2008
Coalition forces sustain pressure on al-Qaeda operatives in Iraq
BAGHDAD – Coalition forces discovered weapons, car bombs and a bed-down site during a series of operations north of Baghdad that wrapped up June 1 with 15 suspected terrorists in custody.
The five days of operations spanned from the Diyala River near Khan Bani Sa’ad to the Tigris River near Balad and targeted al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorists huddled in the area.
Coalition forces detained three suspects while targeting a terrorist leader suspected of facilitating suicide bomb attacks, kidnapping local Iraqis and attacking Iraqi Army and police personnel. They also pursued a terrorist leader suspected of manufacturing and distributing explosives and leading a group that conducted bombing attacks in the area. During multiple operations they detained eight terrorist suspects.
While securing the area near Balad, Coalition forces detected four men hiding in a vehicle. They approached the vehicle and called out to the men, who initially surrendered. However, one man suddenly became non-compliant and posed a hostile threat to the force. Coalition forces engaged the man, wounding him. Coalition medics treated him on site and he was transported to a military medical facility. In the area, Coalition forces discovered a terrorist bed-down site, which they destroyed to prevent its future use in criminal acts.
In another location Coalition forces found two vehicles being prepared as car bombs, a nearby house that was booby-trapped as a house bomb and a cache of weapons. The force moved civilians out of the way and safely destroyed the weapons and bombs.
“As we sustain the pressure on AQI operatives in the north, we are preventing the possibility of terrorism against the innocent citizens,” said Major John Hall, MNFI spokesman.
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