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Terrorists responsible for Ministry
of Agriculture attack captured
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Ten terrorists captured by Iraqi forces have
confessed to planning and executing the recent attack on the
Ministry of Agriculture, in which a dump truck full of explosives
detonated near the building, according to a Multi-National Forces
report.
The terrorists also confessed to an attack on a bus that killed an
Iraqi infantry officer, a Coalition officer and his interpreter, and
another attack on a traffic circle in Al-Nasour that targeted an
Iraqi officer and members of the security advisers office, the
report said.
Members of the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Public Order Battalion, led
by Iraqi Colonel Basim, arrested the men after raiding a house March
18. They confiscated two vehicles in the process of being turned
into car bombs and a cache of weapons, including two grenades, four
rockets and launchers, several small arms, detonation cord,
remote-controlled devices and other items used to make bombs. They
also discovered $8,480 in U.S. currency, 375,000 Iraqi dinars, five
blank Iraqi passports, forged Iraqi national identification cards,
cell phones and cameras.
No injuries were reported as a result of the operation.
An investigation into the terrorist cell continues.
For more information
please visit www.mnstci.iraq.centcom.mil
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