Rear Admiral Patrick Driscoll addresses the press in Baghdad

Spokesman for the multi national forces in Iraq, Rear Admiral Patrick Driscoll, speaks during a press conference in Baghdad on May 25, 2008. Driscoll said that military operations against Al Qaida in the northern city of Mosul have been sucessful and that this is the first time the Iraqi air force has been involved in a combat operation. (UPI Photo/Ali Jasim)

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