American Forces Press Service


WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2007 – A coalition airstrike killed more than 20 militants, and Iraqi security forces accompanied by coalition advisors captured 34 suspected terrorists during operations across Iraq Sept. 29, officials reported.

-- A coalition aircraft fired on and killed more than 20 al Qaeda-affiliated insurgents during a battle northwest of Baghdad. The aircraft’s crew defended themselves after insurgents launched rocket-propelled grenades and small arms at the aircraft. Four enemy vehicles were destroyed during the firefight.

-- Iraqi special operations troops detained a suspected al Qaeda in Iraq leader and two alleged cell members in Yusafiyah.

-- Two more suspects were detained in the Baghdad area. One of the criminals, who is believed to be a member of an explosively formed penetrator cell, is suspected of conducting roadside bomb attacks.

-- Iraqi soldiers detained a senior al Qaeda in Iraq leader and 10 other suspects in the Samarra area. The senior leader is believed to be responsible for facilitating the movement of foreign terrorists between Iraq and terrorist training camps in Syria. He also is suspected of supporting criminal activity in the Tash and Dahwa regions of Ramadi.

-- Iraqi forces accompanied by coalition advisors detained 18 suspected terrorists linked to al Qaeda in Iraq during a series of raids in the Mandali area of Diyala province. The raids targeted a regional al Qaeda cell believed to be responsible for kidnappings and murders of Iraqis in the Mandali area, improvised-explosive-device attacks and weapons smuggling on the Iranian border. Two of the detainees are suspected high-level al Qaeda in Iraq leaders. In addition, two weapons caches, three vehicles and four motorcycles were destroyed.

(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)



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HUMANITARIAN MISSION — A U.S. Army soldier talks to an Iraqi boy while providing security during a humanitarian mission in Iraq Sept. 27, 2007. Iraqi police forces were giving gifts to the children to help strengthen their relationship with the local populace. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Amanda Davis

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Today in History
331 BC- Alexander the Great defeats the Persian army at Gaugamela.
1800 - Spain cedes Louisiana to France in a secret treaty.
1851 - The first Hawaiian stamps are issued.
1885 - Special delivery mail service begins in the U.S.
1886 - The U.S. mint at Carson City, NV, closes.
1890 - Yosemite National Park is established.
1893 - A hurricane kills 1,800 in Mississippi.
1898 - Jews are expelled from Kiev, Russia.
1908 - Henry Ford introduces the Model T ($825).
1936 - General Francisco Franco establishes the state of Spain.
1938 - Germany annexes Sudetenland (1/3 of Czechoslovakia).
1939 - Winston Chruchill refers to Soviet policy as "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma."
1942 - The first U.S. jet, the Bell P-59 Airacomet fighter, makes its maiden flight.
1943 - Allied forces captured Naples.
1947 - U.S. control of Haitian customs and governmental revenue ends.
1948 - The California Supreme Court voids a state statute banning interracial marriages.
1951 - The 24th Infantry Regiment, the last all-Black military unit, is deactivated.
1952 - The first ultra high frequency (UHF) television station opens in Portland, OR.
1955 - "The Honeymooners" premieres on TV.
1957 - B-52 bombers begin full-time flying alert to guard against an attack from the U.S.S.R.
1958 - Britain transfers Christmas Island (south of Java) to Australia; NASA is inagurated.
1960 - Nigeria gains independence from Britain.
1961 - In Tristan da Cunha, a volcano believed to be extinct erupts.
1962 -Johnny Carson hosts his first "Tonight Show"; "The Lucy Show" premiers on TV.
1964 - San Francisco's cable cars are declared a national landmark.
1968 - "Night of the Living Dead" premieres in Pittsburgh.
1971 - Walt Disney World opens in Orlando, FL.
1977 - Brazilian soccer great Pele retires.
1979 - The U.S. returns the Canal Zone to Panama after 75 years (not the canal, though).
1980 - Cosmonauts Ryumin and Popov break the space endurance record.
1982 - EPCOT Center opens in Orlando, FL; West Germany's Parliament ousts chancellor Helmut Schmidt.
1986 - President Carter's presidential library/museum is dedicated in Atlanta, GA.
1989 - Thousands of East Germans flee to West Germany; the U.S. issues a stamp labeling an apatosaurus as a brontosaurus.
1990 - At the United Nations, President George H.W. Bush condemns Iraq's takeover of Kuwait.

Birthdays
1207 - King Henry III of England (1216-72)
1781 - James Lawrence, naval hero (War of 1812-"Don't give up the ship!")
1832 - Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison, 1st wife of Benjamin Harrison
1835 - William H. "Red" Jackson Confederate Brigadier General (7th Tennessee Cavalry)
1881 - William Edward Boeing, founder of Boeing Aircraft
1907 - Hiram Fong (Sen-CA)
1909 - Sam Yorty (Mayor-L.A.)
1911 - Edward P. Boland (Rep-MA)
1920 - Walter Matthau, actor (Odd Couple, Bad News Bears)
1924 - Jimmy Earl Carter, 39th Pres (1977-1981); William Rehnquist, Supreme Court (1972-86)/chief justice (1987-2005)
1928 - George Peppard, actor (Banacek, A-Team, Blue Max)
1935 - Julie Andrews, actress/singer (Sound of Music, Mary Poppins)
1936 - Charles G. Fullerton, astronaut (STS-3, 51F)

Passings
1972 - Louis Leakey, anthropologist
1990 - Curtis E. LeMay, General, USAF

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Massucci, Martin J., USAF (MI); F4C shot down (bombardier / navigator, w/Scharf)

Offutt, Gary Phelps, USAF (MO); F100D shot down, remains returned March, 1997

Scharf, Charles J., USAF (CA); F4C shot down (pilot, w/Massucci)

1966
Nix, Cowan Glenn, USAF (FL); released by DRV March 1973 - retired as a Lt. Colonel - alive and well as of 1998

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