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Some numbers on foreign fighters in Iraq captured
In other developments in Iraq, senior defense officials told Fox News that they are questioning about 80 foreign fighters who have been captured in the northeast region of Iraq, between the city of Mosul and the Syrian border. Officials said the foreign fighters come from countries such as Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Sudan and Syria. They were found with nearly 1 million Iraqi Dinars, and some $75,000 in U.S. currency. Initial reports indicate they were relatively lightly armed -- mostly with machine guns, shot guns and sniper rifles. In a Thursday raid in Tikrit, troops from the 4th Infantryâs 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, shut down two bomb-making factories and detained five Iraqis. The raid was one of seven in northeastern Iraq in which U.S. troops detained 48 people and confiscated more than 30 AK-47 rifles, dynamite and plastic explosives, nine mortar rounds and other weapons and ammunition. I wish the pentagon provided this type of info daily in a compressed details only report... unless of course, theyâre not providing it for a tactical or strategic reason... Posted by: Damn_Proud_American 2003-09-11 |
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