Good News From The War On Terror 4/21-4/23
AFGHAN, COALITION FORCES ENGAGE MILITANTS IN NANGARHAR
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – Afghan and Coalition forces captured nine militants and killed one other while engaging anti-Afghan government forces early Saturday in the Bati Kot area of Nangarhar Province.
Credible information led to the compound, where militants are suspected of facilitating several suicide attacks against Coalition forces and innocent Afghan people in recent weeks.
During the operation, a militant grabbed a weapon and was shot and killed by combined forces.
There were no injuries to any Afghan or Coalition forces.
COALITION FORCES ELIMINATE POTENTIAL VBIED STOREHOUSE
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Coalition Forces raided a building southeast of Fallujah where terrorists had been operating and uncovered two dump trucks and materials to make improvised explosive devices.
In addition to the dump trucks, Coalition Forces found twenty 20-pound bags of sodium sulfate and 76 five-gallon drums of nitric acid, materials that are used to make explosives.
The materials were destroyed at the site.
15 TERRORISTS KILLED, SEVEN SUSPECTED TERRORISTS DETAINED
BAGHDAD – Coalition Forces killed 15 terrorists and detained seven more individuals suspected of kidnapping, facilitating foreign fighters and working with the al Qaeda in Iraq network Sunday.
Coalition Forces conducted air strikes on a known al Qaeda meeting location south of Baghdad that killed fifteen terrorists. Later in the operation, ground forces killed three terrorists loading a vehicle carrying an anti-aircraft weapon.
The raid also uncovered several weapons caches and a second anti-aircraft machine gun.
Northwest of Taji, Coalition Forces detained an individual suspected of ties to kidnapping operations and al Qaeda in Iraq.
“Fifteen dangerous terrorists are no longer a threat to the Iraqi people or the security of the country,” said Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, MNF-I spokesperson. “Coalition Forces will continue to pursue terrorists wherever they may hide.”
19 TERRORISTS DETAINED IN COALITION RAIDS
Coalition Forces detained 19 suspected terrorists associated with facilitating foreign fighters, working with al-Qaeda in Iraq and operating a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device network Monday.
South of Karmah, Coalition Forces captured six suspected foreign fighter facilitators connected to the al-Qaeda in Iraq network.
In Anbar province, nine individuals suspected of working with al-Qaeda in Iraq were detained in three separate Coalition raids.
Coalition Forces detained four suspected terrorists south of Taji for their alleged involvement in a network responsible to making and placing VBIEDs.
"The success of coalition operations continues to disrupt al-Qaeda's operations in Iraq. These captures help restrict their freedom of movement and reduce the organization's manpower pool, diminishing their ability to attack innocent civilians as well as Iraqi and Coalition Forces," said Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, MNF-I spokesperson.
