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Soldiers Capture Four Suspected Criminals in Baghdad Raids
American Forces Press Service ^

Posted on 11/28/2008 9:41:01 AM PST by SandRat

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28, 2008 – U.S. soldiers detained four suspected criminals yesterday during Thanksgiving Day operations in southern Baghdad’s Rashid district, military officials said.

Some of the detainees allegedly conducted attacks on Iraqi and coalition forces while others are suspected of weapons-trafficking activities.

"Our soldiers continue to support our Iraqi security forces partners as we assist them in providing a safe and secure environment for the Iraqi people,” said Army Maj. Dave Olson, spokesman for the 4th Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team.

In Nov. 26 operations:

Eighteen women in northern Iraq who were associated with al-Qaida in Iraq suicide bombing cells turned themselves into coalition forces. The women were persuaded by local religious leaders and their fathers to cease their training in suicide operations and reconcile.

Senior U.S. and Iraqi officers met in Diyala to coordinate the transfer of authority for Sons of Iraq operations from coalition to Iraqi jurisdiction. The Sons of Iraq program is currently managed by coalition forces, but the Iraqi government will soon assume responsibility for this program.

Iraqi National Police seized weapons while U.S. soldiers detained two suspected bomb cell members in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad.

Tips provided by concerned citizens led Iraqi soldiers, police and U.S. soldiers to seize several weapons caches throughout Baghdad.

Several improvised-explosive devices detonated in eastern Baghdad, wounding five civilians, five National policemen and three local Iraqi police officers.

A mass grave site containing 23 remains was found in Diyala province. The bodies appear to have been deceased for about a year-and-a-half. Iraqi police will present the remains to respective families for proper burial.

(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqeada; captured; frwn; iraq; mohammedanism; soldiers; thanksgiving

1 posted on 11/28/2008 9:41:01 AM PST by SandRat
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2 posted on 11/28/2008 9:41:27 AM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: SandRat

Good job!


3 posted on 11/28/2008 9:43:13 AM PST by monkeycard (There's no such thing as too much ammo.)
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To: SandRat

Round em’ up while you can boys. “Change” is coming.


4 posted on 11/28/2008 9:44:10 AM PST by ElkGroveDan (Reagan is back, and this time he's a woman.)
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To: ElkGroveDan
Round em’ up while you can boys. “Change” is coming.

And we know what kind too..

5 posted on 11/28/2008 9:47:17 AM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: SandRat

Yes. Why are we taking prisoners?


6 posted on 11/28/2008 9:48:28 AM PST by null and void (Hey 0bama? There will be a pop quiz every day for the next four years...miss a question, people die.)
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To: null and void

Because we are Honorable.


7 posted on 11/28/2008 9:51:42 AM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: SandRat

If they are criminals why is the military involved. They are enemy combatants, shoot them.

Why does the left seek to change combatants to criminals? What is thei goal?
It used to be that people conducting war without a unifrom were shot immediately.


8 posted on 11/28/2008 9:53:17 AM PST by driftdiver (No More Obama! - The corruption has not changed despite all our hopes.)
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To: SandRat

I suppose that’s the reason.


9 posted on 11/28/2008 9:53:59 AM PST by null and void (Hey 0bama? There will be a pop quiz every day for the next four years...miss a question, people die.)
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To: SandRat

Honor really gets you far I guess. That and 10 bucks will get you a cup of coffee.


10 posted on 11/28/2008 9:55:20 AM PST by MartinStyles
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To: driftdiver

nufsed


11 posted on 11/28/2008 9:56:12 AM PST by nufsed
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To: driftdiver
Why does the left seek to change combatants to criminals?

"Criminals" need attorneys to defend and prosecute them.

Enter the lawyers.

12 posted on 11/28/2008 9:57:14 AM PST by Zman516 (socialists & muslims -- satan's useful idiots.)
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To: MartinStyles
.. and 10 bucks will get you a cup of coffee.

Who buys Star-BUCKS? LOL

13 posted on 11/28/2008 9:57:56 AM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Zman516
"Criminals" need attorneys to defend and prosecute them. Enter the lawyers.
Since those "criminals" were caught in Iraq, they can be tried in an Iraqi court. What are the procedural rules in Iraqi courts?
14 posted on 11/28/2008 2:10:44 PM PST by dbz77
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