Photo for the Day - November 04, 2011

Members of a combined Afghan and coalition security force maintain security during an operation in search of a Haqqani network facilitator in Sarobi district, Paktiya province. The facilitator provided safe havens, money and supplies to network leaders throughout the region.

Read the story behind the photo at link below…

Airstrike destroys IED facility in Afghanistan

Department of Defense photo by U.S. Army

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When I see images like the one above,  I always seem to be awed by just how much 24/7 dedication to the job on hand we get from our men and women in our nation’s STILL volunteer only Military.

God bless every last one of them.

AubreyJ………

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Chlorine Tanks Destroyed, Terrorist Killed In Raids

April 20, 2007
Coalition Forces further disrupted terrorist cells using improvised explosive devices Friday morning when eight terrorists were killed and 41 suspected terrorists were detained during operations around Iraq.

Near Mahmudiyah, Coalition Forces detained eight suspected terrorists.Another raid uncovered a building containing seven tanks of chlorine, which Coalition Forces destroyed.

Seven armed terrorists were killed after they fired upon Coalition Forces entering a building. Forces on the scene detained 15 suspected terrorists who are allegedly tied to al-Qaeda in Iraq.

One armed terrorist was killed when Coalition Forces entered a building in Baghdad to conduct an operation to disrupt the Baghdad vehicle-borne IED network. Six suspected terrorists were detained, and Coalition Forces found VBIED components in the building.

Another operation in Baghdad netted two individuals with suspected ties to the Baghdad IED network. Near Mosul, Coalition Forces detained 10 suspected terrorists in two separate operations to disrupt the al-Qaeda network in northern Iraq.

"Terrorists continue to endanger the Iraqi people and security forces by using explosives, and we will continue to disrupt their networks across the country," said Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, MNF-I spokesperson.
(From press release #07-01-03P on the CENTCOM website)