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December 19, 2003
Release Number: 03-12-48
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OPERATION IRON JUSTICE NETS 28 FUEL, 9 PROPANE TRUCKS
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Soldiers of Task Force 1st Armored Division's 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne captured 28 fuel trucks and nine propane trucks illegally dispensing fuel as part of black market activity in a south Baghdad neighborhood at about 10 p.m. Dec. 18.
Soldiers also detained 20 black marketers.
The arrests were part of Operation IRON JUSTICE. The operation is intended to combat corruption both to improve quality of life for the Iraqi populace and to deny former regime elements illegal sources of income.
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