Article: EIGHT AL-QAEDA TERRORISTS KILLED IN CENTRAL IRAQ

U.S. Third Army Central issued the following news release:

Coalition forces killed eight al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorists and detained 17 suspected terrorists during operations targeting associates of terrorist leaders in central Iraq Saturday.

Coalition forces conducted coordinated operations targeting associates of an individual who acts as a facilitator and liaison for AQI leaders. When Coalition forces arrived in the target area east of Tikrit, they immediately received small arms fire. Responding in self-defense, they returned fire and called for supporting aircraft to engage the hostile threat. Three terrorists were killed in the initial engagement, but Coalition forces continued to ...

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