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  • 'Operation National Unity' making difference in Baghdad

    11/15/2005 5:18:39 PM PST · by SandRat · 5 replies · 358+ views
    ARNEWS ^ | Nov 14, 2005 | Sgt. 1st Class David Abrams
    BAGHDAD (Army News Service, Nov. 14, 2005) — Operation National Unity, an ongoing mission which began Sept. 29, continues to produce results in rooting out terrorist activity in and around Baghdad, said military officials. The statistics from Task Force Baghdad include: 25,401 patrols, 14,895 traffic control points, and 1,082 raids and cordon-and-searches by Iraqi and U.S. forces. Add to those figures the rates of success: 36 percent fewer detonated car bombs, a 50 percent increase in improvised explosive devices found before they could explode, and a 67 percent increase in weapons caches discovered and, in most cases, destroyed. Amid the...