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Article: COALITION FORCES CAPTURE SUSPECTS, WEAPONS CACHES IN IRAQ
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 23, 2008
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The U.S. Department of Defense's American Forces Information Service issued the following press release:
Coalition forces captured five terrorism suspects today during separate operations in and around Baghdad, military officials reported.
Acting on intelligence information, coalition forces targeted suspected Iranian-trained enemy fighters believed to have conducted attacks on Iraqi and coalition forces, specializing in armor-piercing projectiles, sniper attacks and intelligence collection.
During the first operation, forces moved in on the target area, where they detained one of the suspects. In the second operation, coalition forces detained two others without incident.
In central ...