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Mhm . Welcome to Oh , I ? M today .

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Your source for the latest news on

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Operation Iraqi freedom . Since the

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referendum last week , US and Iraqi

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forces have carried out about 1600

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patrols and 700 checkpoints . Iraqi

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security completed 1000 of those

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missions without coalition aides

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proving that they're ready to step out

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on their own . One of the biggest

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combat operations was completed by

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soldiers from the six Iraqi Army

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Division when they captured five

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suspected terrorists during a

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steakhouse raid . Most of the

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operations were based on tips from

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Iraqi citizens hoping to rid their

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neighborhoods of terrorists and

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violence enjoying operations throughout

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the country . Soldiers discovered 600

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sticks of explosives in a pickup truck

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and a £250 aerial bomb , complete with

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detonation cord . Nearby . As teams

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work to defuse the bomb , they

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discovered another explosives experts

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destroyed the weapon .