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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
October 5, 2005
Release Number: 05-10-18

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

COALITION RAIDS, PATROLS NAB 23 TERROR SUSPECTS, WEAPONS

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Coalition Forces captured 20 terror suspects during seven pre-dawn raids against terrorist safe-houses in Baghdad Oct. 4 in order to break up terror networks operating in and around the city.

All seven raids were conducted between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. in west, northwest, south and southeast Baghdad.

Task Force Baghdad Soldiers also caught three men red-handed before they could carry out a terrorist attack in the Thawra district of northeast Baghdad.

At 1:30 a.m., the Soldiers halted a vehicle with no license plate. The three individuals in the car each had an AK-47 assault rifle and none had any identification. The three terror suspects were detained and turned over to the Iraqi Police.

In other combat operations, Task Force Baghdad Soldiers on patrol seized four separate weapons caches, disrupting terrorist support networks.

The caches contained 571 mortar rounds, 19 artillery rounds, 15 rockets, nine rocket launchers, 110 rocket-propelled grenades, one RPG launcher, 31 grenades, 206 artillery fuses, a large-caliber machine gun with ammunition, and two AK-47 assault rifles.

The Soldiers also found two roadside bombs and anti-Coalition propaganda.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS RELEASE, CONTACT TASK FORCE BAGHDAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS, SGT. FIRST CLASS DAVID ABRAMS AT DAVID.ABRAMS@ID3.ARMY.MIL.

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