Dispatches from the Front, Tue 15 Aug. 2006

U.S. Army Soldiers attached to Mortar Platoon, Alpha Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment fire an illumination flare over Mosul, Iraq, from Forward Operating Base Marez, Iraq, Aug. 10, 2006. DoD photo by Cpl. Sam Kilpatrick, U.S. Army. (Released)

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Iraq’s 4th Brigade assumes security responsibility in Baghdad neighborhood
BAGHDAD (CENTCOM) -- Iraqi forces took control of another area of Baghdad on Monday after the latest in a series of transfer of authority ceremonies near the capital.

IRAQI FORCES CAPTURE TERRORIST IN BAGHDAD OPERATION
BAGHDAD (CENTCOM) -- Iraqi forces conducted an early-morning operation on August 14 in west Baghdad, capturing one of their primary targets and detaining one other individual.

MND-B SOLDIERS STRIVE TO KEEP TERRORISTS OUT OF NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOUTHERN BAGHDAD
BAGHDAD (CENTCOM) -- Scores of Iraqi citizens watched as Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers and local Iraqi contractors unloaded dozens of concrete barriers around their homes in an attempt to keep terrorists out of the Doura neighborhood in southern Baghdad Friday.

2 EXPLOSIONS RUPTURE GAS LINE, DESTROYS 4 BUILDINGS; BLAST KILL 63 IRAQIS, WOUND 140
BAGHDAD (CENTCOM) -- Approximately 63 Iraqis were killed and another 140 wounded when two vehicle-borne improvised-explosive devices detonated in the vicinity of a building, causing a gas explosion near the Hawra market in southeast Baghdad at approximately 7:17 p.m. Sunday.

DEVELOPMENT AGENCY NOTES POSITIVE QUARTER IN AFGHANISTAN
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (CENTCOM) -- The Initiative to Promote Afghan Civil Society, or I-PACS, enjoyed a productive second quarter, from April to June, according to the program’s sixth quarterly report.

SUICIDE BOMBER INJURES CIVILIANS
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (CENTCOM) -- A suicide bomber rammed an Afghan National Army vehicle near an open market in southeast Afghanistan Aug. 14, wounding seven ANA troops and three civilians.

Video: Freedom Watch Afghanistan August 14
This edition features stories on Coalition Forces training the Afghan National Police. Hosted by Sgt. Tim Hanson.

Video: The Clearing of Al Doura
Package about Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces turning up the heat on insurgents in the suburb of Al Doura. Produced by Staff Sgt. Christian Farrell

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