Monday, August 22, 2005
Staff Report
PESHAWAR: Security forces on Friday afternoon conducted an operation in the Dewer Saidgai area, about 15 kilometres from the Afghan border, in search for suspected militants.
Local sources told Daily Times via phone on Saturday that security forces cordoned off the area and searched six houses for foreign and local militants, but found no one.
Sources also said five rockets were fired on Saturday from a hilly area that landed in an open field near Miranshah, causing no damage to life and property. Online adds: Security forces on Saturday launched a massive search operation to hunt suspected Al Qaeda remnants in Roi Sidgi in the Datakhel area of North Waziristan Agency.
Security forces cordoned off the area from 9 am to 2 pm.
August 21, 2005
TIKRIT, Iraq -- Task Force Liberty Soldiers detained eight individuals, including four suspected members of an improvised explosive device cell, during a raid in Tikrit at 4:20 a.m. Aug. 21. One of the detainees is suspected of being the cell leader.
Task Force Liberty soldiers also seized a number of weapons and various explosives during the raid. No Task Force Liberty Soldiers were injured in the operation.
By 42ND Infantry Division Public Affairs Office