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BAGHDAD, July 6, 2007 – Coalition forces killed three terrorists and detained eight suspects during operations targeting al Qaeda operatives in Iraq’s Anbar province today.
During a raid west of Fallujah, coalition forces captured a suspected al Qaeda battalion commander responsible for planning logistics and overseeing terrorist attacks by cells within his group, [...]

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LOUISVILLE (WAVE) — With the troop surge in Iraq in full swing, 210 Kentucky Air National Guard troops volunteered to serve in the Middle East. WAVE 3’s Elizabeth Donatelli was there when they said goodbye to their families.
The first 34 airmen headed to the Middle East to assist in Operation Enduring Freedom on Thursday. Their trip is [...]

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The commander of the country’s biggest RAF station has insisted it is keeping up with the need for aircraft to support military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Group Captain Malcolm Brecht conceded that there had been times when RAF Brize Norton, in west Oxfordshire, had "struggled to cope" with the demands of moving troops and equipment [...]

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GRAY (AP) — Tennessee National Guard members are again training in Mississippi for deployment to Iraq.
More than 130 of them, who belong to the 730th Quartermaster Company, left their armory in Gray Thursday night, headed to Camp Shelby.
Some soldiers are being deployed for a second time in the current war in Iraq.
There are also some soldiers in [...]

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Baghdad - Southern Iraq’s main oil pipeline extending to al- Dawra oil refinery in the capital Baghdad was struck by a bomb attack, the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) reported Friday.
Assem Jihad, spokesman for the country’s Oil Ministry, said an explosive device was planted underneath the pipeline, which begins the Udwaniya region.
The explosion [...]

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A gunmen who carried out the assassination of Head of the Supreme Council of Islamic Revolution in Iraq, Ayatollah Sayed Mohammad Bagher al-Hakim has been hanged, a senior Iraqi Justice Ministry official said Friday.
"Oras Mohammed Abdul-Aziz, also known as Abu Omar al-Kurdi from Mosul, was executed on July 3 at 11:00 am," Under Secretary Busho [...]

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A Northfield father worried about a son deployed to Iraq got the peace of mind he sought by following him to war.
Army Reserve Master Sgt. Bob Fletcher, 49, left for a yearlong tour in March so he could be near 22-year-old Daniel Fletcher, a sergeant in the Marines who is on his second tour in [...]

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KARBALA — A now-dead plan to ring Baghdad with a trench to keep out insurgents has found new life in Karbala, a predominately Shiite Muslim city 50 miles south of the capital.
Iraqi construction crews this month will begin digging a 12-mile-long trench to the west and south of the city of 1.4 million residents to [...]

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Use of Drones Surges Over Iraq
The increase in unmanned aircraft has fueled a struggle among the military services over who will control their use. The Air Force wants to take over development and purchasing of UAVs, arguing that it would save money and improve technology and communications.
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BASRA, July 6 (KUNA) — Armed insurgents attacked all British military bases and positions in southern Iraq over the past hours, a spokesman of the British force said on Friday.
The spokesman said in a statement a military patrol was targeted with a bomb, rockets and automatic guns on a street in the center of the [...]

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