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http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16865&Itemid=21

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080206-12
February 6, 2008

3 suspected extremists arrested in Rashid
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers arrested three suspected Sunni extremists Feb. 3 during operations across the Rashid District of the Iraqi capital.

Policemen from 1st Brigade, 7th Iraqi National Police Division, arrested a man believed to be an al-Qaeda operative after he tried to pass through a traffic control checkpoint in Massafee.

The man, suspected of murder, placing improvised explosive devices and weapons trafficking, was taken to an Iraqi facility for further questioning.

Earlier in the day, Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, MND-B, captured two suspected AQI cell members in two separate raids in Doura.

During the first raid, Company B Soldiers knocked on the door of home believed to be an AQI sniper, and arrested a man matching the extremist’s name and description. The man is accused of setting up false checkpoints to kidnap Shia and Christian Iraqis in the Arab Jabour region of the city.

Later, Company C Soldiers arrested a man accused of murder, forcibly displacing families and placing IEDs in the Doura area.

Both alleged extremists were taken to a Coalition Forces Detention Facility for further questioning.

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Tuesday, February 5, 2008
“Pastor attacked and three believers injured and hospitalized”

By James Varghese
Special to ASSIST News Service
KARNATAKA, INDIA

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Tuesday, February 5, 2008
“Indian Bishop attacked”

By James Varghese
Special to ASSIST News Service
TAMIL NADU, INDIA

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http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08020035.htm

Tuesday, February 5, 2008
“Woman attacked for converting to Christianity”

By James Varghese
Special to ASSIST News Service
KARNATAKA, INDIA


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