Tips Lead Coalition Forces to IED Factory

American Forces Press Service ^

[SandRat]

WASHINGTON, May 21, 2006 – Based on tips, coalition forces located and killed six terrorists, detained three and destroyed a safe house and multiple weapons caches in Ramadi during a search May 17 for a wanted terrorist known as the "Prince of IEDs," military officials in Baghdad reported today.

During a search in Ramadi May 17 for a wanted terrorist known as the "Prince of IEDs," coalition forces seized a civilian pickup truck filled with weapons, including machine guns, one rocket-propelled grenade launch tube, six RPG rounds, a suicide vest, an AK-47 assault rifle and a DSHKA heavy machine gun used for anti-aircraft.  

The troops began taking fire immediately upon their arrival at the site where the al Qaeda leader and his associates were allegedly building improvised explosive devices.

During the course of the fighting, the troops took direct fire from various areas. They neutralized the threat with small-arms fire, killing six and detaining three terrorists, one of whom was wounded and medically evacuated.

The troops ultimately destroyed the identified safe house, which contained a large amount of lethal material, with precision bombs.

The forces also attacked a second safe haven, neutralizing the threat by ground and damaging the structure with air strikes.

After securing the targeted safe house, the troops found one heavy machine gun, two medium machine guns, rifles, a pistol, artillery shells, IED material, large oxygen tanks configured as IEDs, a suicide vest, rocket propelled grenades and one launcher.

Large amounts of discarded automobile parts were also present in the structure further, indicating that cars were likely being configured into vehicle-borne IEDs in keeping with the tips provided to coalition forces.

Also, troops discovered equipment and material used for making remote-controlled IEDs. The terrorists' equipment, weapons and ammunition were destroyed by ground charges and air strikes.

The troops also found an unharmed 8-year-old boy inside the safe house after they either killed or detained the terrorists. He told the soldiers he was being held against his will by these terrorists who abused and made him conduct minor tasks.

The forces took the boy to their base, provided care, and then arranged for transportation to take him back to his residence.

The targeted " Prince of IEDs" is reported to be a financier, an IED maker and a bomb facilitator for al Qaeda in Iraq in Ramadi.

Coalition forces are currently assessing the identities of the dead and detained.

One terrorist received a gunshot wound to his shoulder and was evacuated to a medical facility for further treatment.

(Based on a Multinational Force Iraq news release.)

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An AK-47 rifle and one suicide vest were discovered inside a civilian pickup truck seized during a May 17 search in Ramadi for a wanted terrorist known as the "Prince of IEDs."    Download screen-resolution

During a search in Ramadi May 17 for a wanted terrorist known as the "Prince of IEDs," coalition forces seized various improvised explosive-device-making materials, including artillery shells, a high-power cordless phone system attached to external power supply, and large oxygen tanks configured as IEDs   Download screen-resolution

[SandRat]

You all are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO gonna like this piece of GOOD WAR NEWS!!!

[mtbopfuyn]

Good news, indeed!

[U S Army EOD]

Remember back in the 60's and 70's when the IED factories were located in Greenwich Village, New York.

[SandRat]

U Wisconsin, Berkley as well.

[Dog]

Task Force 145 again..

[Dog]

Forgot to ping you..

[FlingWingFlyer]

I find it odd that the DNC, the U.N. and AmNasty Int'l never called for the closure of this factory where IEDs were being manufactured to murder civilians.

[SandRat]

Not odd, just shows where their true loyalty lays.

To put it succinctly they are Enemies of Freedom.

[Ron in Acreage]

A big defeat for the MSM who failed to tip off the enemy of this raid. After all, they are giving away all our other national security/ WOT secrets.

[Marine_Uncle]

Hopefully this Prince of IED's will spill his guts once the surfs up sign goes up. Lots more stuff these goons will be deprived off. Surely good HUMIT is paying off in high dividends these days.

[LoudRepublicangirl]

Just thinking how many lives have been saved due to this find makes me smile. God Bless our troops!

[U S Army EOD]

Actually at U Wisconsin is where the truck bomb went off next to the government lab. I don't think they ever caught the people that did it, did they/

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

I don't think they ever caught the people that did it, did they?

Two young men were arrested and confessed to the bombing. Both served time, I think they were charged with a Federal crime as the US Army had a math research center in the destroyed building.

Regards,
GtG

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

On August 19, 1970 - at 3:40 am in the morning, Karl Armstrong, Dwight Armstrong, David Fine, and Leo Burt set off a bomb made with ammonium nitrate in a stolen van outside Sterling Hall in the University of Wisconsin Madison. The time was chosen in an attempt to minimize injury to people - however, Robert Fassnacht (a graduate student working late to finish a project before going on vacation with his wife, three year old son and twin one year old daughters) was in the building at the time and killed. Four other people were injured in the blast.

The top three floors of Sterling Hall housed the Army Mathematics Research Center that was a target for anti-war demonstrators. Within Army Math, research regarding the patterns of dispersal for viral agents, the effect of anthrax, and survival probability in a bunker. There were rumors that infrared surveillance techniques where developed there that were used in the assassination of Che Guevara and secret research projects that would be used to kill civilians in Southeast Asia.

Karl, Dwight, David and Leo were known as the New Year's Gang after an attempt to bomb Badger Munitions near Baraboo, Wisconsin on January 31. Flying over the plant, they dropped a mayonnaise jar that had been filled with ammonium nitrate and fuel oil out of the window of a stolen plane. The bombs were duds.

The blast itself damaged Sterling Hall and the buildings surrounding it. Windows were blown out of buildings several blocks away. Pieces of the van were found on top of an eight-story building three blocks away. The blast was heard as far away as 30 miles. At the time, it was the most destructive act of terrorism upon American soil.

The bombing of Sterling Hall turned the public feeling against the anti-war movement. Prior to August 19, 1970 there were several thousand (often in the 10-15 thousand range) people rioting in Madison on a weekly basis. Following August 19 it fell to less than a thousand. Professors who had previously been activists declined to give lectures other than academic ones.

Karl, Dwight, and David have served prison sentences. David Fine has earned a law degree, Dwight Armstrong works for Union Cab in Madison. Karl Armstrong runs a drink stand in the Library Mall on the university campus. The whereabouts of Leo Burt are still unknown though he is no longer on the FBI's 10 most wanted list.

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Here's the straight scoop...
Regards,
GtG

[U S Army EOD]

Thanx for the info. I wish we could sum up all the bombings and attempted bombings that took place at this time and release it to the public so they would know who these people really were. Kerry was a major player in this.