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Article: COALITION FORCES TARGET AQI: THREE TERRORISTS KILLED, 12 DETAINED
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- April 29, 2008
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U.S. Third Army Central issued the following news release:
Coalition forces killed three terrorists and detained 12 suspected terrorists while targeting the al-Qaeda in Iraq network in the northern half of the country Tuesday.
Coalition forces targeted an AQI foreign terrorist facilitator at a suspected terrorist safe-house 60 miles north of Baghdad. Coalition forces called for the target building's occupants to come out peacefully, but several men refused to comply, including three men displaying weapons, one of whom was wearing a military-style assault vest. Responding to the perceived hostile threat, Coalition forces engaged the three armed terrorists, killing them. Five additional ...