CENTCOM Roundup

Press releases from US Central Command.

33 Terrorists killed:

FOB KALSU, Iraq – Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers engaged in a heated firefight with terrorists in Musayyib July 23.

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, along with Iraqi army soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 8th Iraqi Army Division, Musayyib police officers, and members of Hillah SWAT, killed 33 terrorists during the day-long battle.

IEDs disarmed, terrorist detained:

FOB LOYALTY, Iraq – Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, found three improvised-explosive devices and detained one terrorist Wednesday in eastern Baghdad.

Al Qaeda terrorist captured:

BAGHDAD – Coalition forces successfully targeted and captured a wanted terrorist and another associate during a raid north of Tikrit July 27.

The targeted terrorist is a known leader of several al–Qaida in Iraq members in the area. Intelligence indicates that his group is responsible for an attack on a Government of Iraq checkpoint July 6, which killed nine Iraqi security forces and wounded 14 others.

Terrorists killed in failed ambush:

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – Coalition forces killed three extremists today following a failed ambush on a civilian convoy in the Zhari district of Kandahar Province.

The extremists attacked from a compound as the convoy moved west on Highway 1 near the Zhari District Center at around 8:30 a.m.

Intelligence sources confirmed the exact location of the enemy compound, and Coalition forces engaged the compound with accurate artillery fire, killing three enemy fighters.

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