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MNF fighter jets raid Al-Qaeda hideout
 (KUNA) -- US warplanes destroyed one of Al-Qaeda hideouts and Kazakh forces found a weapons depot in separate operations in Iraq. US F-16 fighter jets dropped two 500-pound bombs, destroying a house used by al-Qaeda to make and store improvised explosive devices in Busayefi, near the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, the MNF said in a statement on Wednesday.According to the statement, the operation, conducted on Sunday, was executed by the MNF Center soldiers. The house-turned-hideout was destroyed and explosive making materials were found and confiscated. Another MNF statement said members from Iraqi civil forces division handed the Kazakh forces a weapons depot that contained about 1,369 ordnance. The statement quoted a Kazakh Army source as saying that the cache, dating back to the Iraqi-Iranian war, was delivered to the Iraqi forces. Posted by: Fred 2008-01-10 |
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