U.S. Forces Eliminate al Qaeda Sanctuary in Baghdad

By Kristen Noel | Special to American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2008 - A neighborhood formerly overrun by al Qaeda in Baghdad's Rashid district has been cleared of the enemy and is starting to thrive again, a U.S. commander in Iraq said.

The sanctuary al Qaeda had in eastern Rashid's Hadar neighborhood was "one of the last significant concentrations of al Qaeda in Baghdad," Army Col. John RisCassi said yesterday during a teleconference with online journalists and "bloggers."

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