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  • Commander Describes Routing Foreign Fighters From Tal Afar

    09/16/2005 8:37:37 PM PDT · by SandRat · 16 replies · 662+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | Sep 16, 2005 | Kathleen T. Rhem
    WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2005 – The commander of coalition troops in Iraq today described "an extremely successful tactical operation" in which U.S. and Iraqi troops all but cleared Tal Afar, Iraq, of foreign fighters. Tal Afar is one of two major transit zones for foreign fighters coming into Iraq, Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr., commander of Multinational Force Iraq, said from Baghdad today. The other route is through the Euphrates River Valley, farther south. U.S. troops from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and Iraqi forces from the 3rd Iraqi Army Division have been working for two months to plan...