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November 23, 2004 Release Number: 04-11-80 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARINE UNIT CONTINUES OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS IN JABELLAFORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq -- Iraqi Security Forces, backed by elements of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, increased operations today in the south-central Iraqi town of Jabella. Operations, which started earlier this morning, continued the campaign in the northern Babil province aimed at rooting out anti-Iraqi forces. The combined Iraqi-U.S. force captured 32 suspected insurgents, including a number of high-interest individuals, in a series of early-morning raids approximately 50 miles south of Baghdad. Jabella is among several cities and towns in the province that...

Another month down As the summer turns to fall back home, the 24th MEU is well into our own Fall Campaign here in Iraq. We’re advancing, steadily but surely, toward three objectives: the restoration of security, the revival of Iraq’s social and economic engines, and the reformation of its political system. All we do here revolves around the central goal of enabling this proud people to overcome decades of tyranny and fear in order to live in liberty and peace. In the nearly 45 days since we assumed operational control of Northern Babil, we have conducted countless patrols, some 30...