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07-29-05, 11:02 AM
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 29, 2005 - U.S. troops captured al Qaeda terror cell
leader Ammar Abu Bara, alias Amar Hussein Hasan, during a July 27
cordon-and-search operation in Mosul, Iraq's third largest city, U.S
military officials reported today.
Bara, reportedly one of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's most
trusted operations agents in Iraq, was arrested by troops of the Army's
1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team,) and
Iraqi army soldiers. Bara replaced Abu Talha, former terror cell leader
for the Mosul area, following his capture in early June.
Officials said a number of al Qaeda terrorist leaders have been
captured in recent months in northern Iraq, leading to a more secure
environment in the region. These captures have led to the systematic dismantling
of the al Qaeda network in Mosul, military officials said.
Camp Fallujah officials reported that two Marines were killed in Cykla,
about 120 miles west of Baghdad, July 28 when their unit came under
attack by small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. The Marines were
assigned to Regimental Combat Team 2, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine
Expeditionary Force (Forward).
Officials at Camp Blue Diamond in Ramadi reported that Iraqi security
forces and U.S. Marines killed nine terrorists, five of them reportedly
were Syrian nationals, who were using buildings as safe houses and
firing positions in a small village west of Haditha.
Iraqi soldiers and U.S. Marines were conducting a security patrol in
the city of Cykla when terrorists attacked them with rocket-propelled
grenades and small-arms fire from three different buildings. The joint
patrol consisted of Iraqi soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade,
1st Division, and Marines with 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment,
Regimental Combat Team.
Air combatants from the 2nd Marine Air Craft Wing struck enemy
positions with three laser-guided bombs and one
Global-Positioning-System-guided bomb. The air strike destroyed all three buildings and caused minimal
collateral damage to the surrounding community, according to U.S.
officials. Coalition forces also detained two terrorists for questioning.
A single-vehicle accident claimed the life of a Task Force Baghdad
soldier in central Baghdad on July 28. The soldier was taken to an Iraqi
hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His body was later recovered by
U.S. military authorities.
A 30-year-old Iraqi detainee died July 27 at the U.S.-run Camp Bucca
prison camp in southern Iraq as a result of renal failure and other organ
failure due to chronic malaria, U.S. military officials reported. The
detainee was admitted to the field hospital July 3 following complaints
of nausea.
Hospital officials said they believe the detainee contracted malaria
prior to arriving at Camp Bucca in December 2004. The detainee was not
diagnosed until recently, as he did not exhibit any symptoms, they noted,
adding that he did not pose a contagious hazard to other detainees. His
body will be transferred to his family upon completion of an autopsy,
which is standing procedure for all detainees who die while in custody
of coalition forces, officials said.
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Task Force Baghdad news
releases.)
WASHINGTON, July 29, 2005 - U.S. troops captured al Qaeda terror cell
leader Ammar Abu Bara, alias Amar Hussein Hasan, during a July 27
cordon-and-search operation in Mosul, Iraq's third largest city, U.S
military officials reported today.
Bara, reportedly one of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's most
trusted operations agents in Iraq, was arrested by troops of the Army's
1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team,) and
Iraqi army soldiers. Bara replaced Abu Talha, former terror cell leader
for the Mosul area, following his capture in early June.
Officials said a number of al Qaeda terrorist leaders have been
captured in recent months in northern Iraq, leading to a more secure
environment in the region. These captures have led to the systematic dismantling
of the al Qaeda network in Mosul, military officials said.
Camp Fallujah officials reported that two Marines were killed in Cykla,
about 120 miles west of Baghdad, July 28 when their unit came under
attack by small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. The Marines were
assigned to Regimental Combat Team 2, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine
Expeditionary Force (Forward).
Officials at Camp Blue Diamond in Ramadi reported that Iraqi security
forces and U.S. Marines killed nine terrorists, five of them reportedly
were Syrian nationals, who were using buildings as safe houses and
firing positions in a small village west of Haditha.
Iraqi soldiers and U.S. Marines were conducting a security patrol in
the city of Cykla when terrorists attacked them with rocket-propelled
grenades and small-arms fire from three different buildings. The joint
patrol consisted of Iraqi soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade,
1st Division, and Marines with 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment,
Regimental Combat Team.
Air combatants from the 2nd Marine Air Craft Wing struck enemy
positions with three laser-guided bombs and one
Global-Positioning-System-guided bomb. The air strike destroyed all three buildings and caused minimal
collateral damage to the surrounding community, according to U.S.
officials. Coalition forces also detained two terrorists for questioning.
A single-vehicle accident claimed the life of a Task Force Baghdad
soldier in central Baghdad on July 28. The soldier was taken to an Iraqi
hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His body was later recovered by
U.S. military authorities.
A 30-year-old Iraqi detainee died July 27 at the U.S.-run Camp Bucca
prison camp in southern Iraq as a result of renal failure and other organ
failure due to chronic malaria, U.S. military officials reported. The
detainee was admitted to the field hospital July 3 following complaints
of nausea.
Hospital officials said they believe the detainee contracted malaria
prior to arriving at Camp Bucca in December 2004. The detainee was not
diagnosed until recently, as he did not exhibit any symptoms, they noted,
adding that he did not pose a contagious hazard to other detainees. His
body will be transferred to his family upon completion of an autopsy,
which is standing procedure for all detainees who die while in custody
of coalition forces, officials said.
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Task Force Baghdad news
releases.)