Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080525-09
May 25, 2008

Operation Charge of the Knights continues operations in Az Zubayr

Multi-National Division South East PAO

BASRA, Iraq – Operation Sawlat al-Fursan, or Charge of the Knights, continued operations in Az Zubayr, 20 kilometers southwest of Basra, Iraq May 25.

The operation, which began March 24 in Basra, is clearing towns surrounding the Basra area of suspected criminal elements, securing detainees and weapons caches.

The 1st Iraqi Army Division led the planning and execution of the most recent mission. United Kingdom and United States Military Transition Teams remain, with U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps, embedded with their Iraqi Security Forces counterparts to enable the application of Coalition assets, if necessary.

Humanitarian support missions continue as well as provincial reconstruction efforts in the Basra area. They are also continuing cooperative medical engagements, and planning large scale engineering projects for the future.

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