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Article: COALITION FORCES DISRUPT AL-QAEDA NETWORK; TWO KILLED, 21 DETAINED
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 30, 2007
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U.S. Third Army Central issued the following news release:
Coalition forces killed two terrorists and detained 21 suspected terrorists Saturday and Sunday during operations to disrupt al-Qaeda in Iraq networks in the Tigris River Valley.
In a village southwest of Samarra, Coalition forces conducted several coordinated operations Sunday targeting individuals believed to be close associates of an al-Qaeda in Iraq senior leader. As Coalition forces approached one of the target areas, an armed individual emerged and maneuvered toward a nearby palm grove. Perceiving a hostile threat, Coalition forces engaged the terrorist, killing him. As the ground force secured the area, another armed man ...