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Task Force Liberty Soldiers detain suspected terrorist cell leader

TIKRIT, Iraq - Task Force Liberty Soldiers detained a suspected terrorist cell leader near Hawija during a raid at about 3 a.m. April 18. The detainee was an intelligence officer in the former regime, and is suspected of leading a terrorist cell responsible for attacks on oil pipelines in Kirkuk Province and improvised explosive device attacks against Coalition Soldiers and Iraqi Security Forces.
There were no injuries to Coalition Soldiers during the raid.

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