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Thursday, 03 May 2007 |
MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ
COMBINED PRESS INFORMATION CENTER
BAGHDAD, Iraq
http://www.mnf-iraq.com
703.270.0320 / 0299
May 4, 2007
Release A070504c
THREE TERRORISTS KILLED, SIX SUSPECTS DETAINED
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition Forces killed three terrorists and detained six suspected terrorists Thursday and Friday during raids in Central Iraq targeting al-Qaeda leaders and a foreign fighter facilitation network in the area.
En route to the first targeted location, Coalition Forces received small arms fire from an armed individual with a chest rack of magazines and grenades. Coalition Forces reacted to the hostile threat with appropriate self-defense measures and returned fire, killing the armed terrorist.
Coalition Forces continued to the first targeted site, where they called to the occupants to leave the building. Two armed men ran out of the building and engaged Coalition Forces with small arms fire. Coalition Forces used appropriate self-defense measures and returned fire, killing one and injuring another. The injured individual was taken to a military medical facility, where he later died of his wounds.
Further searches of the targeted buildings uncovered four individuals suspected of ties to a foreign fighter facilitation network and al-Qaeda in Iraq. The four suspected terrorists were detained.
In other operations, one suspected terrorist was detained southwest of Taji and another was detained in a raid in northern Baghdad. Both individuals are allegedly tied to al-Qaeda senior leaders and their network.
“Each operation we conduct in pursuit of these terrorists is a systematic maneuver to chip away at the network of al-Qaeda and rogue foreign fighter elements that are trying to derail the progress of Iraq,” said Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, MNF-I spokesperson.
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