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July 18, 2004
Release Number: 04-07-37
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MNF-Iraq: Iraq leaders authorize strike against forces in Fallujah
Statement by Brig. Gen. Erv Lessel, deputy director for Operations:
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Today, the Interim Iraqi Government authorized Multinational Forces-Iraq to conduct a strike against a known terrorist fighting position in southern Fallujah.
The strike, conducted at 2:03 a.m. local Baghdad time, destroyed defensive fighting positions and trench lines near the remains of a house and a foreign fighter checkpoint. Approximately 25 anti-Iraqi forces with ties to Abu Musaab Zarqawi were present at the site just prior to the strike. The precision operation was conducted on multiple sources of Iraqi and MNF-I intelligence.
Multinational Forces-Iraq continue to support the Iraqi security forces and the sovereign government of Iraq in their efforts to defeat foreign fighter terrorists and criminal elements within the country.
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