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Iraqi Forces Capture Bomb Maker, Repel Attack
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2006 – Iraqi security forces captured a suspected bomb maker and cell leader yesterday near Mussayib, Iraq, U.S. military officials said.
The suspect is believed to have participated in multiple bomb attacks on coalition and Iraqi security forces, including one that killed four U.S. servicemembers May 5. This person is also believed to be a supplier of bombs to illegal armed groups inciting sectarian violence and government instability through kidnapping, murder and armed attacks, officials said.
The raid was conducted by Iraqi police and occurred without incident. No civilian, Iraqi or coalition forces casualties were reported.
One additional individual was detained in the operation, officials said.
Also in Iraq, Iraqi army and police forces fended off an attack by a large group of terrorists in Diwaniyah after a 12-hour battle today.
Coalition forces provided support to the Iraqi security forces by setting up blocking positions at several points on the outskirts of Diwaniyah to prevent additional terrorists from entering the city.
A Polish helicopter providing support to the Iraqi security forces was hit with seven rounds of small-arms fire, but was able to safely land at a nearby coalition base.
Casualties are still being assessed.
(Compiled from Multinational Corps Iraq new releases.)
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"Pilot Dies After Plane Crashes Into Pond; 3 Others Injured (Survived Asian Tsunami 20 mos ago)"
The Indy Channel ^ | August 28, 2006
Posted on 08/28/2006 1:55:37 PM PDT by Samwise
INDIANAPOLIS --
ARTICLE SNPPET: "Investigators believe the pilot navigated the plane to land in the water and avoid homes.
"Kudos to that guy, because that's unfathomable. From the sky, that's not a very big target and he landed darn near in the middle of it," said Dave Day, who witnessed the crash. "If he had landed somewhere else, I don't think the outcome would've been as good."
Federal investigators will be called to determine what caused the crash."
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US forces arrest top Kurdish Al-Qaeda 'bomb-maker' ~ near the oil hub of Kirkuk,
TurkishPress.Com ^ | Published: 8/28/2006 | US military - Major General William Caldwell
Posted on 08/28/2006 8:27:36 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
BAGHDAD - An alleged Al-Qaeda militant suspected of bombing the office of President Jalal Talabani's party in northern Iraq has been arrested near the oil hub of Kirkuk, the US military said.
US military spokesman Major General William Caldwell said the militant, an Iraqi Kurd, was arrested on August 19 and is a "bombmaker suspected of orchestrating some of the most horrific bomb attacks" in Iraq.
Caldwell said he is considered an "explosive expert producing suicide vests, improvised-explosive-devices and detonation devices and is known to have facilitated the movement of high level leaders of Al-Qaeda in Iraq."
He said the captured individual was also close to the Abu Ayyub al-Masri, who allegedly took charged of Al-Qaeda's Iraqi subsididary following the June 7 death of Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
During the operation, five suspected "terrorists" were killed and another five detained, he told reporters.
"Intelligence does indicate that the captured terrorist was also involved in the bombing of a Kurdish political party headquarters in Mosul on August 15," Caldwell said, referring to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK).
On August 15 a truck bomber detonated his load of explosives near the PUK office and killed eight Kurdish peshmerga militiamen and wounded 51 others.
Caldwell said in a series of operations against the Al-Qaeda network in the month of August, US forces conducted "140 assaults, killed 17 individuals, wounded five and detained 300 suspects."
08/28/2006 13:23 GMT