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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=2681
Insurgents Killed, Detained in Iraq; Iraqi Police Gain Recruits
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, 2007 – Coalition forces killed three insurgents and detained a dozen more over the past three days in Iraq, and Iraqi police forces netted 301 new recruits.
-- Soldiers of Troop C, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, detained three suspected insurgents today and discovered a large cache containing various small-arms munitions, a bullet proof vest, a spool of wire and other improvised explosive device-making material while patrolling a town south of Baghdad.
-- Coalition forces detained six suspected insurgents yesterday during security operations in Irbil. One detainee was released and five remain in custody.
-- Soldiers of Company A, 1st Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment, attached to 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, killed three insurgents Jan. 10 in western Baghdad with the aid of attack helicopters.
-- Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment "Golden Dragons," 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, with coalition forces, detained three suspected terrorists and seized six weapons caches during a two-day combat operation Jan. 10-11 near Yusufiyah.
-- During recruiting drives Jan. 10 in Fallujah and Habbaniyah, the Fallujah Police District enlisted 102 Iraqi men and the Habbaniyah Police District enlisted 199. The Iraqi recruits will be shipped to the Jordanian International Police Training College, joining 550 recruits from other parts of the province, to learn law enforcement fundamentals during a six-week course. The recruits will undergo supplemental training sessions when they return to their home districts.
-- An Iraqi soldier was killed Jan. 10 in Anbar province when a 13-year-old Iraqi boy detonated the improvised explosive device he was carrying. It is not known if the boy knew he was carrying an IED. This is the second incident where a 13 year old was used to carry out an IED attack on security forces in Anbar province, U.S. officials said.
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)
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U.S. Air Assets Support Strike in Afghanistan’s Bermel District
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, 2007 – Numerous air assets from U.S. Central Command supported NATO and Afghan forces in Afghanistan’s Paktika province Jan. 10, killing as many as 150 insurgents, U.S. Central Command officials said.
U. S. Central Command Air Forces supported International Security Assistance Force and Afghan National Army forces with intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, air refueling and strike aircraft. They also expended precision munitions, missile and cannon rounds on a significant number of insurgents in the Bermel district of Paktika province, officials said.
ISAF battle damage estimates indicate as many as 150 insurgents were killed.
“The use of our combined air assets with their persistence, precision and lethality is a perfect example of the flexibility and combat capability of our coalition forces. We find and track the insurgents with our intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and then target them with precise effect,” said Air Force Maj. Gen. William L. “Dutch” Holland, U.S. Central Command Air Forces deputy commander.
Holland also serves as commander of U. S. Central Command’s Deputy Combined Forces Air Component.
Two large groups of insurgents had been observed infiltrating Paktika province from Pakistan. The insurgents were monitored, tracked and subsequently engaged in Afghanistan, through the coordinated use of both air and ground fire in a series of engagements along the sparsely populated border region of Bermel district, U.S. officials said.
The insurgents had been observed gathering in Pakistan and had crossed the border before launching an attack against ANA and ISAF forces in the region. According to an ISAF press release, Pakistani military liaison officers were kept fully informed throughout the operation.
“Air strikes in support of this operation were a success because of the combined efforts of our aircrews and the ISAF and ANA ground forces working in concert to shut down the insurgents’ ability to operate in the Bermel district,” Holland said.
“U.S. CENTAF and the combined air component commander forces are committed to helping the Afghan people establish a safe and secure country,” he said.
(From a U.S. Central Command Air Forces Forward news release.)