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…The military said the Kiowa helicopter was forced down by insurgents south of Baghdad on Monday and two pilots in an Apache helicopter ferried the men to safety. The two downed pilots were slightly injured.
The rescued pilots told AP Radio that their helicopter — used mostly for reconnaissance and light attack — went [...]

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American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, July 3, 2007 – An AH-64 Apache helicopter crew rescued two U.S. pilots after enemy fire brought down their OH-58D Kiowa helicopter south of Baghdad yesterday.
The OH-58 pilots suffered minor injuries. An Air Force Thunderbolt II destroyed the downed helicopter with two 500-pound laser-guided bombs after the pilots were evacuated from [...]

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American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, July 3, 2007 – Coalition forces in Afghanistan killed a suspected militant and detained two others yesterday in an operation against al Qaeda in the Zana Khan district of Ghazni province.
Credible intelligence led the forces to the location, suspected of housing militants working within the Haqqani network. One suspected militant was [...]

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ARLINGTON - While there may not be a lot of good news coming out of Iraq, a few weeks ago some good news actually filtered into the area in the form of an email.
In fact, the news could have some calling one master sargeant a soldier of fortune.
Sgt. Bethurel Griffin was serving in Iraq when [...]

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BAGHDAD, July 3 (KUNA) — Some 30 militants were killed over the past 24 hours in the city of Mosul, northern Iraq, said the Iraqi Army on Tuesday.
An army statement said 30 militants were killed and six others were arrested, while a factory for building explosive devices was destroyed in the city.
It said 165 patrols [...]

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BAGHDAD, July 3 (KUNA) — Iraqi troops have detained a senior official and operator in Al-Qaeda network in Karrada, central Baghdad, during a military operation, the Multi-National Force (MNF) said in a statement on Tuesday.
Iraqi Special Operations Forces detained the alleged Al Qaeda Emir in Karrada during the operation, carried out June 28, it said.
The [...]

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BAGHDAD, July 3 (KUNA) — Three soldiers of the coalition force were injured Monday when militants fired mortar shells at the Camp Echo coalition military base near Diwaniyah.
In a statement, the US military said two F-16 fighter jets hit targets on a street in the Shi’ite-populated city of Diwaniya after militants fired up to 75 [...]

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BAGHDAD, July 3 (KUNA) — US and Iraqi troops have killed 23 armed insurgents near the city of Al-Ramadi, the largest city in the governorate of Al-Anbar west of the capital, the American Army said in a statement released on Tuesday, The American forces, backed with Iraqi regular troops, killed the gunmen in firefights on [...]

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IRBIL, July 3 (KUNA) — Two Iraqis were killed and 19 others were injured Tuesday in a car bomb explosion in Kirkuk in northern Iraq.
Police chief Sarhad Qader told KUNA a car bomb exploded as a senior police officer’s convoy was passing by, adding that there were policemen among the injured.
The police officer was not [...]

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