Coalition airpower summary for December 21, 2007
Coalition airpower integrated with Coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations Dec. 21, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials in Southwest Asia.
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Afghan National Security Forces disrupted two major insurgent rings
Afghan National Security Forces, advised by Coalition forces, disrupted two major insurgent rings by arresting key facilitators responsible for improvised explosive device attacks against civilian and military targets Dec. 24, 2007.
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Joint statement on recent car bomb attacks
Joint statement By Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker and General David H. Petraeus
on car bomb attacks in Maysan Province
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Concerned Local Citizens turn over large weapons cache
Concerned Local Citizens handed over a large weapons cache to Soldiers near Al Bawi, Iraq, Dec. 16.
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Troops detain suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq leader
Iraqi and U.S. Special Operations Forces detain a suspected al-Qaeda leader in Iraq.
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Golden Nori released
Merchant Vessel Golden Nori is currently underway after pirates departed the vessel Dec. 12. Dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) is in the vicinity and standing by to provide assistance to the crew.
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Vocational technology center rehabilitated
A project to rehabilitate the basic infrastructure of the Iskandiriyaha Vocational Technology Center is now completed.
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Several militants killed during Afghan, Coalition forces operations in Helmand
Several militants were killed during a precision-guided munitions strike Monday in Helmand Province targeting a Taliban command and control network.
Coalition forces conducted a precision-guided munitions strike in the Kajaki District of Helmand Province targeting a Taliban commander believed to be facilitating the movement of foreign fighters and suicide bombers throughout the area.
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Iraqi Police uncover major weapons cache
Iraqi Police uncovered a major weapons cache in the Kirkuk province of Iraq Dec. 18. The discovery was made during a series of pre-dawn raids at suspected cache sites.
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Coalition Forces disrupt al-Qaeda in Iraq operations; five killed, 14 detained
Coalition forces killed five terrorists and detained 14 suspects during operations targeting al-Qaeda in central and northern Iraq Dec. 28, 2007.
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