IRAQ: UNITED STATES SOLDIERS CONDUCT RAIDS AND MAKE ARRESTS IN SEARCH FOR MILITANTS

Record ID: 338163

  • Title: IRAQ: UNITED STATES SOLDIERS CONDUCT RAIDS AND MAKE ARRESTS IN SEARCH FOR MILITANTS
  • Date: 2nd January 2004
  • Summary: (U6) BAQUBA, IRAQ (JANUARY 1, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. SLV U.S. MILITARY VEHICLES DRIVING TO HOUSE; MV U.S. TROOPS RUSHING INTO HOUSE; SLV U.S. SOLDIER OPENING FIRE TOWARDS WOODED AREA (8 SHOTS) 0.49 2. SLV/MV ARRESTED PEOPLE BEING HANDCUFFED; SCU DETAINEE SITTING IN CAR (4 SHOTS) 1.10 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All right
  • Embargoed: 17th January 2004 12:00
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  • Location: BAQUBA, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVACEZP673L53HG1K29OZXQDP645
  • Story Text: United States soldiers have been conducting raids
    and making arrest in a search for militants in Baquba.

    In the town of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of the
    Iraqi capital, Baghdad, U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Brigade
    on Thursday (January 1, 2003) launched a daylight raid to hunt
    members of a militant cell blamed for attacks on U.S.

    forces.

    A large haul of weapons was also seized in the raids.

    Nine men were arrested and taken into U.S custody.

    During the operation U.S troops came under fire from a
    wooded area. Troops returned fire but failed to identify
    the source. There were no U.S casualties.

    U.S. forces say raids north of the capital have
    resulted in the capture of about 300 rockets, similar to
    weapons guerrillas used to pound Baghdad hotels and
    embassies in attacks that sowed fear across the capital on
    Christmas Day.


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