FORT BRAGG, N.C.  (USASOC News Service, Dec.  16, 2008)
– There are no roads leading into the Shok Valley.  A village which stands sentinel over the valley is home to one of the fiercest of the insurgent forces in Afghanistan - the Hezeb Islami al Gulbadin, or HIG.
On April 6, a daring raid into the stronghold [...]

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BAGHDAD, Dec 27 (KUNA) — Iraqi Police and US Special Operations Forces detained two suspected extremists during operations on December 24 and 25 in the city of Ramadi, the Multi-National Force (MNF) on Thursday.
In a press release, the MNF said “the operations were part of a series to capture individuals believed to be involved in [...]

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BAGHDAD, Dec 19 (KUNA) — The US military in Iraq said on Wednesday that Iraqi Forces, advised by US Special Forces, detained an extremist criminal leader and a corrupt Iraqi Police official believed to support terrorist activities in two separate raids December 13.
In al-Saidiyah, Iraqi Security Forces and U.S. Special Forces detained an Iraqi Police [...]

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Troops endured enemy fire while helping rescue Iraqi scouts
Four Fort Campbell soldiers with the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) were awarded a Silver Star Wednesday for their actions to overtake intense enemy fire in An Najaf, Iraq, in January.
Master Sgt. Petter Jacobsen, Master Sgt. Raymond Lancey, Staff Sgt. Greg Keller and Master Sgt. Sean Kirkwood [...]

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By Lt. Col. Oliver North
Washington, D.C. - This week the Pentagon released official figures on how dramatically the security situation has improved in Iraq. Terrorist attacks, secular violence, road-side bombings, Iraqi civilian deaths and U.S. casualties are all down. The announcement received scant notice from the so-called mainstream media. About the only news from the [...]

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A ceremony to recognize the actions of valor of 52 soldiers from 3rd Special Forces Group is scheduled for today at the unit’s headquarters at Fort Bragg, N.C.
The soldiers are being honored for their actions during operations in Afghanistan, according to an Army press release.
U.S. Army Special Operations Command commander Lt. Gen. Robert W. Wagner [...]

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BAGHDAD, Oct 2 (KUNA) — Soldiers from the 2nd Iraqi Army Division, with US Special Forces as advisers, detained 23 suspected Al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorists during an intelligence-driven raid in Sharkat on September 29, the MNF reported Tuesday.
The MNF said that special forces conducted raid operations September 29 in Sharkat district, in Ninevah province, in [...]

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WASHINGTON - Iraqi army scouts accompanied by U.S. special operations forces destroyed a suspected weapons cache and insurgent safe house yesterday in a helicopter assault. Other operations across Iraq have led to the capture of enemy fighters and weapons caches.Yesterday’s raid targeted a residence near Karmah suspected of being used by foreign fighters and al [...]

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A fourth member of the elite Green Berets based at Fort Carson has died in Iraq.
The Defense Department reports that Staff Sergeant Robert R. Pirelli, 29, of Franklin, Mass., died Wednesday when his patrol came under small arms fire in Diyala province.
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Stars and Stripes,
European edition, Tuesday, July 10, 2007

 
Four Special Operations Command Europe soldiers injured in a weather-related accident Saturday in Africa arrived at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Sunday night for treatment.
Two of the soldiers are in the hospital’s intensive care unit — one in serious condition and one in stable condition, said Marie Shaw, [...]

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