COALITION FORCES KILL FOUR FOREIGN TERRORISTS
Release Date: 6/23/2006
Release Number: 06-06-02P
Description: BAGHDAD – Coalition Forces killed four foreign terrorists and wounded one Iraqi insurgent during a raid approximately 18 km north of Fallujah June 23.
Information gathered from a recent detainee from another operation in this area led the troops to known location of a mid-level terrorist whose cell is involved in the facilitation of foreign fighters and insurgent activities.
The troops immediately received small arms fire upon arriving at the target. The assault force returned fire, immediately killing two and wounding one. Two others fled the objective. Coalition Forces pursued and killed them.
One of the killed terrorists was wearing a 15-pound suicide belt. Another 15-pound suicide vest was found in a vehicle on the target. The remaining terrorist, thought to be an Iraqi, claimed the four killed terrorists were foreign fighters who had hired him to support their operations.
Intelligence indicated that the area is saturated with numerous weapons caches, some of them rigged with explosives. The terrorists were observed earlier in the day loading suspected weapons in trucks and moving them to isolated areas.
Following the attack, Coalition Forces found large amounts of ordnance in and around one of the buildings, to include six loaded AK-47s, 30 AK-47 ammunition magazines, a 60 mm mortar set with 22 mortars, 13 grenades, a PKM machine gun, two MP-5 automatic weapons, and a pistol gripped shotgun.
All weapons and ordnance were destroyed on site. Coalition aircraft destroyed the buildings after the forces departed the area.
No civilian or Coalition Forces were injured during the operation.
Release Number: 06-06-02P
Description: BAGHDAD – Coalition Forces killed four foreign terrorists and wounded one Iraqi insurgent during a raid approximately 18 km north of Fallujah June 23.
Information gathered from a recent detainee from another operation in this area led the troops to known location of a mid-level terrorist whose cell is involved in the facilitation of foreign fighters and insurgent activities.
The troops immediately received small arms fire upon arriving at the target. The assault force returned fire, immediately killing two and wounding one. Two others fled the objective. Coalition Forces pursued and killed them.
One of the killed terrorists was wearing a 15-pound suicide belt. Another 15-pound suicide vest was found in a vehicle on the target. The remaining terrorist, thought to be an Iraqi, claimed the four killed terrorists were foreign fighters who had hired him to support their operations.
Intelligence indicated that the area is saturated with numerous weapons caches, some of them rigged with explosives. The terrorists were observed earlier in the day loading suspected weapons in trucks and moving them to isolated areas.
Following the attack, Coalition Forces found large amounts of ordnance in and around one of the buildings, to include six loaded AK-47s, 30 AK-47 ammunition magazines, a 60 mm mortar set with 22 mortars, 13 grenades, a PKM machine gun, two MP-5 automatic weapons, and a pistol gripped shotgun.
All weapons and ordnance were destroyed on site. Coalition aircraft destroyed the buildings after the forces departed the area.
No civilian or Coalition Forces were injured during the operation.
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