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Article: COALITION FORCES DISRUPT AL-QAEDA OPERATIONS; SIX TERRORISTS KILLED, 23 DETAINED
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 16, 2007
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U.S. Third Army Central issued the following news release:
Coalition forces killed six terrorists and detained 23 suspects during operations Saturday and today targeting al-Qaeda in central and northern Iraq.
Coalition forces conducted an operation north of Muqdadiyah today targeting an al-Qaeda in Iraq leader operating in the region. Reports indicate that the target building was used as a terrorist safe house and associated with the group recently involved in several fire fights with Coalition forces.
When the ground forces called for the occupants of a building to come out, one man emerged, but then went back inside the building. A second individual came out and charged directly at the ...