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FORMER IRAQI GENERALS DETAINED, WEAPONS CACHE DISCOVERED
CENTCOM ^ | Nov. 5, 2003

Posted on 11/05/2003 9:07:32 AM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl

CENTCOM
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

November 5, 2003
Release Number: 03-11-01


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


FORMER IRAQI GENERALS DETAINED, WEAPONS CACHE DISCOVERED

Al FALLUJAH, Iraq – Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, captured two former Iraqi Army general officers in an early morning raid in Fallujah Nov. 4.

The two generals are suspected of being key financiers and organizers of anti-coalition fighters operating in and around the city of Fallujah.

Also, soldiers from 1-16 Infantry, attached to the 82nd Airborne Division, discovered a large weapons cache in a raid following the generals’ capture. The cache consisted of 225 rounds of 60mm mortar, 20 rocket-propelled grenades, and 100 rounds of .50 caliber machine-gun ammunition.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: captured; fallujah; goodnews; iraq; iraqiofficers; wildwest
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1 posted on 11/05/2003 9:07:34 AM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Bump! Congratulations to our forces in Iraq. Tom Daschle and Howard Dean are saddened, very deeply saddened at this good news.
2 posted on 11/05/2003 9:09:30 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Looks like the 82nd got some payback for the attacks around Fallujah. Keep up the good work!
3 posted on 11/05/2003 9:09:33 AM PST by mikegi
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
I hope we are applying a "permanent" solution to these clowns
4 posted on 11/05/2003 9:09:48 AM PST by tom paine 2
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To: MJY1288; Calpernia; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; Ernest_at_the_Beach; BOBTHENAILER; ...
CENTCOM security report, ping.

Bad day for these Iraqi bad boys after last week.

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If you want on or off my Pro-Coalition ping list, please Freepmail me. Warning: it is a high volume ping list on good days. (Most days are good days).

5 posted on 11/05/2003 9:10:28 AM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl ("Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong" ~RReagan)
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To: mikegi
Amen.
6 posted on 11/05/2003 9:12:09 AM PST by MEG33
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
... And Lady Liberty began to read from her tome ...
"... Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned ..."

I imagine that the life expectancy of murderous terrorists in Fallujah is measured more closely in hours than in years.

7 posted on 11/05/2003 9:12:37 AM PST by BlueNgold (Feed the Tree .....)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Did you read Ralph Peter's column in the NY Post..either esterday or today...masterful...says we have got to start kicking ass with these guys in the Sunni triangle...
8 posted on 11/05/2003 9:13:02 AM PST by ken5050
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Some good news out of Iraq. Watch the mainstream media bury this.

I heard MSNBC report this at the top of the hour. Of course they had to go right into another story of soldiers failing to return to Iraq after their leave.
9 posted on 11/05/2003 9:15:07 AM PST by McGruff (Just waiting to hear Rush's voice back on the golden EIB microphone.)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
I hope no members of the 82 end up scaring or offending the captured prisoners of war. They could end up being court martialed.
10 posted on 11/05/2003 9:15:23 AM PST by Principled
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl; Victoria Delsoul; harpseal; Travis McGee; dennisw; veronica; glock rocks; ...




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11 posted on 11/05/2003 9:15:33 AM PST by Sabertooth (No Drivers' Licences for Illegal Aliens. Petition SB60. http://www.saveourlicense.com/n_home.htm)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Bad day for these Iraqi bad boys after last week ~ Bump!
12 posted on 11/05/2003 9:15:55 AM PST by blackie
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To: ken5050; section9; Lazamataz; Travis McGee
Mmmm... Two Iraqi generals captured in the Sunni Triangle.

Tasty!

13 posted on 11/05/2003 9:16:27 AM PST by Southack (Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Coop
see post #8
14 posted on 11/05/2003 9:16:42 AM PST by Principled
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
When these idiots started bombing their own they began to seal their own fate with the locals. They are singing and will continue to do so.
15 posted on 11/05/2003 9:17:13 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
WE ARE NOT MAKING PROGRESS IN IRAQ. WE ARE IN A QUAGMIRE. THIS IS ALL OUT FAULT.

Congrats to all our brave men and women in Iraq that are proving the nay-sayers wrong on a daily basis.

16 posted on 11/05/2003 9:17:31 AM PST by Hootch
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Bump!
17 posted on 11/05/2003 9:20:41 AM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: Principled
I already read that article. Good stuff. But did you catch the irony that you pinged me on a thread detailing more offensive operations by our forces?
18 posted on 11/05/2003 9:20:52 AM PST by Coop (God bless our troops!)
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To: Coop
It was my intent to ping you on an article that talks about being aggressive in the Sunni Triangle.

No irony. It's what I said that you ridiculed me for.

19 posted on 11/05/2003 9:24:21 AM PST by Principled
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To: Sabertooth
All I can say is good job for our guys, now we really need to take this war to the guerillas and take care of them once and for all.

Take the war to them and they chicken out and flee like cowards.
20 posted on 11/05/2003 9:26:21 AM PST by Ogmios (Since when is 66 senate votes for judicial confirmations constitutional?)
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