ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update, March 9, 2011
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2011-03-S-024 For Immediate Release   KABUL, Afghanistan (March 9, 2011)  Coalition forces targeted a Taliban IED cell and detained several suspected insurgents during an operation in the vicinity of Sarbesha village, Musa Qal’ah district, Helmand province March 7-8.  The Taliban cell was associated with IED construction, weapons trafficking, and narcotics operations. The insurgents emplaced IEDs along roads to attack Afghan and coalition forces patrols.  Coalition forces also recovered two multi-frequency boards, blasting caps and initiators used in the manufacturing of IEDs, and one 20 mm round. All weapons will be or have been destroyed.
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