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HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101
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August 7, 2003
Release Number: 03-08-14
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COALITION AND IRAQI PEOPLE WORK TO MAKE IRAQ SECURE
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Weapons and information turned over to Coalition forces enabled the successful detaining of former regime loyalists and confiscation of weapons on August 6.
Iraqi police confiscated a weapons cache consisting of three rocket-propelled grenade launchers, six rocket-propelled rounds, three AK-47s with ammunition, one 60 mm mortar tube with five mortar rounds. The police turned the cache over to 4th Infantry Division troops at a base in the Ba'qubah area. An Iraqi who was afraid to turn them into Coalition forces directly for fear of arrest turned the weapons into the Iraqi Police. The Iraqi claimed the weapons belonged to former regime loyalists who no longer wished to participate in anti-Coalition activities.
1st Armored Division soldiers conducted a raid in Baghdad based on information from Iraqi citizens. Three individuals were detained and 32 fuses, six grenades and one rocket-propelled grenade were confiscated.
A former Iraqi Army general suspected as a leader of an anti-Coalition cell, along with nine other individuals were detained in a 1st AD raid on a house in Baghdad.
An Iraqi guard at a power station in Baghdad observed three individuals placing a burlap bag along the side of a road. 1st AD soldiers investigated and determined the bag contained an improvised explosive device. The IED exploded before the explosive ordnance team could detonate it.
In the last 24 hours, coalition forces conducted 18 raids, 965 day patrols and 722 night patrols. Of those, 164 day patrols and 181 night patrols were conducted with Iraqi police.
Since June 15, raids and patrols have resulted in 127 arrests for homicide, 26 for rape, 181 for robbery, 269 for aggravated assault, 43 for burglary, 292 for auto theft, 47 for kidnapping and 1,042 for weapons violations.
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