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• MARINE DIES FROM IED BLAST IN AL KARMAH

• Coalition Announces Capture of Zarqawi 'Key Associate' AFPS 07 May 2005 -- Multinational forces captured a "key associate" of Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Apr. 26 in a raid conducted in western Iraq, officials announced today.
• Task Force Liberty Soldiers stop VBIED MNF-I/MNC-I 07 May 2005 -- Task Force Liberty Soldiers chased and stopped a vehicle loaded with artillery rounds and wired as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device outside a Coalition Forces base in Tikrit at about 8 a.m. May 7.
• Key Zarqawi aide captured MNF-I/MNC-I 07 May 2005 -- Multi-national forces conducted a raid in western Iraq capturing the Qa'idat al-Jihad Fi Bilad Al-Rafidayn (QJBR) Amir of Rawah, Ghassan Muhammad Amin Husayn Al-Rawi Apr. 26.
• Weapons seized, terror suspects detained during overnight operations MNF-I/MNC-I 07 May 2005 -- Multi-National Forces from 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) detained four suspected terrorists and seized a number of weapons during operations in northern Iraq May 6 and 7.

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• Iraq Names Five Vacant Cabinet Seats, Amid Car Bombing VOA 07 May 2005 -- Iraq's new government has agreed on nominees for the five remaining seats in the cabinet, ending weeks of negotiations. Today's (Saturday's) announcement comes as twin car bombs exploded in Baghdad, killing 22 people, including two Americans.

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