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IRAQIS HELP LEAD GIS TO TERROR BIGS
New York Post ^ | 1/14/04 | NILES LATHEM

Posted on 01/14/2004 12:54:03 AM PST by kattracks

Edited on 05/26/2004 5:18:32 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

January 14, 2004 -- WASHINGTON - U.S. troops have captured a handful of big-time al Qaeda terrorist suspects in northern Iraq, acting on tips from Iraqis who are increasingly emboldened to help coalition forces after the arrest of Saddam Hussein, the Pentagon said yesterday. Pentagon officials said last night that a series of raids by the Army's 101st Airborne Division in the northern city of Mosul over the past week, including one on Monday, targeted members of al Qaeda and its local affiliate, Ansar al-Islam.


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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; alqaedaandiraq; captured; iraq
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