Kirkuk

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Operations Update
TURKEY

• North Iraq CF/IA/IP conducting raids, searches
  and TCPs
• Suspects detained trying to
• emplace an IED
• Suspects detained with IED-
• making materials

Mosul
Kirkuk
SYRIA
Bayji
OPERATION KOA CANYON
Samarra
IRAN
Baqubah
OPERATION NATIONAL UNITY
Ramadi
Fallujah
Baghdad
Found and Destroyed - 4,300 Artillery/Mortars,
Rockets Mines - 600 Lbs Explosive Powder -
10,000 Rds of Ammo - Blasting Caps,
Detonation Cord, Machine Guns and Mortar
Systems
Al Kut
Diwaniyah
Najaf/Kufah
Samawah
Nasiriyah
SAUDI ARABIA
Basrah
KUWAIT
Kuwait City
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TacAir Sorties Flown ISR Sorties Flown
Support Sorties Flown
421 122 1,022 Total CFACC OIF
Sorties flown 1,565
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Coalition Air Operations
In 2005, approximately 17,000 close-air support
missions flown 300 CAS Strikes conducted.
Superior Airlift capability C-130 backbone of
intra-theater supply troop movement
ISR Platforms, like the Predator, provide
real-time eyes-in-the-sky
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AQIZ Degradation since Jan 05
7 Tier I Terrorists Have direct ties to AMZ
TIER I
Abu Zayd Emir of West Mosul

• Abu Rim a.k.a. Adel
• Media Chief/Computer Expert

• Abu Ali
• Hostage Negotiator in SATCO kidnapping Case
  (Hallums)

• Abu Ibrahim
• Replaced Abu Islam
• In Hussayabh

• Abu Islam
• Leader of Abu Islam Group in Al Qaim

TIER II

• Abu al-Izz
• Associate of Abu Rim

• Abu Rayyan
• Chief of Operations AMZs SVIED/FF Network
  Baghdad

• Ahned Mashandani
• FRE Cell Leader for Jamaat al-Tawid Wa al-Jihad

• Abu Walid
• FRE Leader/ Financier

• Abu Khayrullah
• Mosul Cell Leader

38 Tier 2 Terrorists Leaders in local and
regional areas
66 Tier 3 Terrorists Iraqi and Foreign Fighters,
many serving as cell leaders
TIER III
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Counter-Insurgency Center for Excellence
COIN CFE at Taji Military Training Base -
Class is 7-days long, 40 leaders a class -
Trained more than 350 leaders - Developing a
version for Iraqis and mobile training
teams