Troops in Iraq Detain 11 Terrorism Suspects, Find Bomb, Weapons
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12, 2008 – Eleven suspected terrorists, including two wanted men, were removed from al-Qaida in Iraq networks yesterday and today as coalition forces targeted the terrorist organization in central Iraq, military officials reported.
In other recent operations, Iraqi soldiers foiled a bombing [...]
A U.S. Army soldier examines the contents of a bag from a discovered weapons cache outside Abu Thayla, Iraq, on April 13, 2008. Iraqi National Police and U.S. Army soldiers from 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division discovered and seized 29 120-mm mortar rounds, over 500 mines, seven Chinese 107-mm [...]
Forces Kill, Capture Dozens of Enemy Fighters
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 20, 2008 – Coalition and Iraqi forces killed or captured dozens of terrorists and criminal militia members during multiple engagements in Iraq yesterday, military officials said.
In Suq Ash Shuyukh, southeast of Nasiriyah, Iraq, a combined force of more than 300 Iraqi Army, Iraqi Police [...]
Coalition forces discover disguised truck-bomb
Multi-National Division – North PAO
MOSUL, Iraq – Coalition forces discovered a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device disguised as a Red Crescent food relief truck in southeastern Mosul Feb. 15.
The truck was labeled with hospital markings but contained eight 55-gallon drums with more than 5,000 pounds of unknown bulk explosives.
The discovery was made [...]
U.S. Air Force Airmen use C-4 plastic explosives to prepare a massive weapons cache for disposal in Ruwaydah, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2007. The Airmen are with the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron\’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet, U.S. Air Force. (Released)
Photo by: STAFF SGT. SAMUEL BENDET,
Iraqi civilians helping to turn things around
