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| Iraq |
| Last Week In Iraq (State Dept. Weekly Report) |
| 2007-02-19 |
| Highlights from the report dated 02/14/07.: Baghdad Security Forces Coming Together: • In his February 15 speech the President outlined the progress of the Baghdad Security Plan. He stated that, “our new commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, is now on the ground in Baghdad. I visited him by secure video yesterday. He reports that coalition troops are arriving on schedule. He says the Iraqi government is following through on its commitment to deploy three additional army brigades in the capital. Prime Minister Maliki has said part of our strategy is to put more Iraqis in the fight in the capital city to achieve our objective, and he's doing that. So far, coordination between Iraqi and coalition forces has been good – they are beginning joint operations to secure the city by chasing down the terrorists, and insurgents, and the criminals, and the roaming death squads. They're doing what the Iraqi people want in Baghdad -- they want a peaceful life.” IA, 2-7 Cavalry Take Down Insurgent Operation, Uncover Large Weapons Cache: • Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army (IA) Division and A Co., 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment raided several buildings in northeast Mosul February 9 in response to intelligence received about a possible weapons cache. • Ten suspects were detained in the southern compound, five of which tested positive for explosive residue. Millions of dinars (worth thousands of dollars in US currency) were also found in an underground storage room along with over 400 fake identification cards. One suspect was detained in the northern compound, and a tunnel gave way to the discovered cache of ordnance and weapons. The weapons seized at the site included approximately 250,000 rounds of small-arms ammunition, grenade fuses, dozens of rockets, 100 grenades, over 200 mortar rounds, more than a dozen rocket launchers, approximately 100 pounds of Improvised Explosive Device-making material, more than a dozen small arms. All of the ordnance was turned over to explosive ordnance disposal teams, and the remaining evidence was processed along with the 11 detainees. |
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