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NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894   November 16, 2003Release Number: 03-11-24 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OPERATION IVY CYCLONE II TIKRIT, Iraq – The 4th Infantry Division and Task Force Ironhorse has launched a series of combined arms operations to include air and ground strikes against identified targets, along with precision raids against non-compliant groups and individuals focused on neutralizing paramilitary, former regime loyalists, foreign fighters and other extremist and subversive elements within task force area of responsibility. Operation Ivy Cyclone II will utilize actionable intelligence combined...

  CJTF-7 Public Affairs BAGHDAD, Iraq   Task Force IRONHORSE launches Operation IVY CYCLONE    TIKRIT, Iraq– The 4th Infantry Division and Task Force Ironhorse launched “Operation Ivy Cyclone.”  The operation is ongoing, focusing on aggressive offensive operations including patrols, ambushes, cordon and searches and raids.  This operation is a concentrated, uncompromising effort to locate and detain or eliminate any person and/or undertaking that seeks to harm coalition forces or innocent Iraqis as they work together to bring stability and security to a free Iraq. Over the past 24 hours with the start of “Operation Ivy Cyclone,” Task Force Ironhorse conducted...