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HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
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August 28, 2004
Release Number: 04-08-87
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AIF CELL LEADER CAPTURED NEAR SAMARRA
TIKRIT, Iraq - 1st Infantry Division Soldiers captured an Anti-Iraqi Force cell leader near Samarra on Aug. 27 at about 4:40 p.m. The AIF member, Weesam Sabah Mamoud Al Badri, was captured when a patrol searched his vehicle and found a cell phone and cables like those used in previous IED attacks in the area. He was transported to coalition detention facilities.
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