Tuesday, August 1, 2006

Dispatches from the Front

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM

A group of Marines from 1st Battalion, 25 Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, move an insurgent rocket found while conducting Operation Spotlight. The operation took place in the Fuhaylat, south of Fallujah, Iraq where three hostages were rescued and several weapons caches were located and destroyed by Marines. (Official Marine Corps photo)A group of Marines from 1st Battalion, 25 Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, move an insurgent rocket found while conducting Operation Spotlight. The operation took place in the Fuhaylat, south of Fallujah, Iraq where three hostages were rescued and several weapons caches were located and destroyed by Marines. (Official Marine Corps photo)

NEWSLINES
Deliberate and methodical operations in Iraq net several terrorist / Al-Qaida members, Al-Qaida leaders and weapons caches in Iraq.

MULTIMEDIA
Video: Mosul Iraqi Police SWAT Night Raid Part 4
B-roll of Iraqi Police on a night raid in Mosul. Scenes include night vision video of preparation, driving to location and Soldiers preparing to start raid. Part 4 of 4. Total Running Time 2:21

Video: Air Assault on Al Qasr Island Part 5
B-roll of Iraqi Army Soldiers search for a weapons cache on Al Qasr Island near Mosul. Scenes include unloading and flying off on a Chinook helicopter. Part 5 of 6.

Audio: Progress in Iraq
Everyone wants to know when the U.S. will begin drawing down troops in Iraq, but before anyone can come home, Iraq must be secure. Sgt. Tom Conning gets an update on Iraqi Security Force readiness from the Iraqi Assistance Group.

Audio: Mass Grave
A group in Iraq is investigating criminal acts. Saddam Hussein’s brutal reign as dictator of Iraq may be over, but evidence of his regime’s atrocities still lay buried throughout the country. Spc.Jesse Belford Total Running Time 1:06

NEWSBYTES
COALITION FORCES CAPTURE FIVE TERRORISTS
BAGHDAD (CENTCOM) -- Coalition forces captured five terrorists during simultaneous raids in southwest Baghdad July 31.

COALITION FORCES SUCCESSFULLY TARGET TERRORIST IN BAGHDAD
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CENTCOM) -- Coalition forces successfully targeted and killed a wanted terrorist during a raid in Baghdad July 26.

COALITION FORCES CAPTURE WANTED TERRORIST LEADER
BAGHDAD (CENTCOM) -- Coalition forces successfully targeted and captured a wanted terrorist leader during a raid in Mahmudiyah July 27.

COALITION FORCES DETAIN TWO SENIOR AL-QAIDA IN IRAQ LEADERS
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CENTCOM) -- Coalition forces successfully targeted and detained two senior al-Qaida in Iraq leaders and three other suspected terrorists during multiple raids in central and northern Iraq on the morning of July 29.

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