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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080415-06
April 15, 2008
Iraqi DBE discover anti-tank mines after attack from dismounted insurgents
Multinational Division – North PAO
TIKRIT, Iraq – The Iraqi Department of Border Enforcement discovered a cache of anti-tank mines after taking small arms fire from an unknown number of terrorists, April 14.
The Department of Border Enforcement soldiers returned fire in self-defense, driving the terrorists toward the Iranian border. More than 160 anti-tank mines were found after the terrorists broke contact.
The Iraqi Department of Border Enforcement in northern Iraq includes more than 8,700 agents and covers nine points of entry. The Department of Border Enforcement is responsible for patrolling the border and conducting other assigned law enforcement duties.
The Department of Border Enforcement in northern Iraq is part of the overall 150,000-person Iraqi Security Force.
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Press Release A080415b
April 15, 2008
Coalition forces detain 18 suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorists
BAGHDAD – Coalition forces detained 18 suspected terrorists Monday and Tuesday during operations targeting the al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorist network in the Tigris River Valley and northern part of the country.
Coalition forces analyzed intelligence from several sources to develop a series of operations targeting key links in the AQI network west of Samarra. Ground forces conducted eight missions there Monday and Tuesday and detained 12 suspected terrorists.
In Bayji Tuesday, Coalition forces captured an alleged weapons facilitator also believed to work with an AQI leader who directs attacks in the area. The ground force detained two additional suspected terrorists.
Iraqi and Coalition forces conducted an operation Tuesday in Kirkuk targeting an individual believed to conspire with foreign terrorists and support the AQI propaganda network, detaining one suspect.
“We continue to use the information we get from each operation to further target al-Qaeda in Iraq and the terrorists who carry out its brutal attacks,” said Cmdr. Scott Rye, MNF-I spokesman. “We’re systematically dismantling the network from the top and bottom.”
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