BAGHDAD – Coalition forces killed a terrorist in Tikrit during a daytime operation Thursday targeting associates of al-Qaeda leaders in central Iraq.
Coalition forces targeted a facilitator involved with providing bomb triggers for several attack cells in the Tigris River Valley bombing network. As they attempted to apprehend the wanted terrorist, the man rushed toward the security element and grabbed one soldierÂ’s rifle. Responding to the hostile threat, Coalition forces engaged and killed the man.
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