Eight terrorists killed during early morning raid near Baqubah

Wednesday, 29 November 2006

BAGHDAD, IRAQ – Coalition Forces killed eight al-Qaida terrorists today in an early-morning raid near Baqubah. Acting upon numerous intelligence sources, Coalition Forces launched an operation to detain individuals running a known terrorist cell. At the objective, Coalition Forces received enemy rifle and machine gun fire. Due to the heavy volume of enemy fire, Coalition Forces also engaged the terrorists with aircraft. Coalition aircraft fired rounds neutralizing the enemy threat. Ground forces then cleared the objective of enemy activity. Upon a search of the objective area, they found two female local nationals who were killed during the firefight. Coalition Forces found machine guns, AK-47s and rifles at the scene.

MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ