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Iraqi Cooperation Makes Precise Strikes Possible
EFL. These items have been reported separately, but read the entire story for more. Note BOLDED item.In the west of the country, Iraqi police and soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division captured the cell that was responsible for attacking a Spanish convoy Nov. 29, killing seven Spanish officials. As a result of intelligence provided by local Iraqis, the coalition launched Operation Panzer Squeeze and conducted 18 raids. Forces captured the 15 targets of the operation and a total of 41 enemy personnel, including the regional cell leader who masterminded the attack, Sanchez said. In other offensive operations, troopers of the 101st Airborne Division captured a former regime brigadier general who was leading the Fedayeen Saddam paramilitary group in the city of Mosul. Soldiers captured 55 other suspected former regime elements in a series of simultaneous cordon-and-knock operations against 34 different targets across the city, Wednesday, Sanchez said. In such operations, soldiers seal off an area based on intelligence on the whereabouts of targeted people, then go door-to-door to find them. In Baghdad, more than 300 Iraqi Civil Defense Corps personnel, an Estonian platoon and two battalions from the 1st Armored Division conducted a brigade-size cordon-and-search operation of an apartment complex on the northwest side of Baghdad. The units searched 2,400 apartments and 53 additional buildings to find former regime elements and others working against the Iraqi people. Labeled "Operation Bulldog Mammoth," the effort led to soldiers confiscating large amounts of weapons, ammunition, body armor and Saddam Hussein paraphernalia, and detaining 30 people. Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2003-12-15 |
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