Dispatches from the Front, Fri 11 Aug. 2006

Sgt. Crescencio T. Padilla, a tank commander with A Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, scans the horizon as his tank section rolls out to reinforce an entry control point in Fallujah, Iraq. (Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Mark Olivia)

NEWSBYTES
SUSPECTED AL QAEDA FACILITATOR TARGETED IN AFGHAN, COALITION RAID
Kabul , Afghanistan (CENTCOM) -- Afghan and Coalition forces killed three al Qaeda members and detained three additional associates during a raid today in Khowst Province near the village of Ya’Qubi.

CENTCOM’S TOP NCO PRAISES AFGHANISTAN
KABUL , Afghanistan (CENTCOM) -- The U.S. Central Command’s top enlisted leader visited Afghanistan from Aug. 5 to 8 and praised the country for its progress in rebuilding and reconstructing, and developing its armed forces over the past five years.

EXTREMIST ATTACKS FOILED IN PAKTIKA
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (CENTCOM) -- An unknown number of extremists attacked the Gomal District Center in the Paktika Province on Aug.10 using small arms and RPG fire.

MND-B’S 1ST SQDN., 10TH CAV. REGT., DISTRIBUTES HUMANITARIAN-AID TO ARAB JABUR RESIDENTS
ARAB JABUR, Iraq (CENTCOM) -- Soldiers from Multi-National Division – Baghdad’s Troop B, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, provided local residents with humanitarian-aid July 27 as part of Operation River Falcon near the Tigris River.

Video: OIF Today 448
This edition features headlines on Iraqi and Coalition Forces targeting death squads in an early morning raid, Soldiers breaking up a kidnapping, and the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture signing a bill that will train and better educate Iraqi farmers.

Video: Afghan National Police Training
Package about Coalition Forces training the Afghan National Police so they can secure their own country. Produced by Sgt. Joel Fry.

Audio: Iwo Jima
Fifty Sailors and Marines from U.S.S. Iwo Jima and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit returned to the amphibious assault ship, assisting nearly 2,000 American citizens aboard U.S.S. Trenton. Produced by Petty Officer Abraham Essenmacher.

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