Combined Forces Capture 60 Insurgents, Kill Cell Leader

American Forces Press Service ^

[SandRat]

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28, 2006 – Combined forces captured 60 suspected insurgents and killed one cell leader over the past four days in Iraq.

-- Soldiers from the 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, detained 30 suspected insurgents Dec. 26 southwest of Mahmudiayh. The detainees are being held for questioning.

-- 5th Iraqi Army Division forces, with coalition advisors, raided a suspected terrorist training camp today during operations near Baqubah. Combined forces detained 13 insurgents suspected of attacks against coalition forces and civilians.

-- Soldiers with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team and the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, killed one suspected insurgent and captured 13 more during a four-day operation in Baghdad that ended today.

-- 7th Iraqi Army Division forces, with coalition advisors, detained three suspected insurgents today during operations near Tameem. The detained are responsible for multiple roadside-bomb and car-bomb attacks against coalition forces, Iraqi security forces and civilians.

-- Special Iraqi army forces, with coalition advisors, captured an al Qaeda in Iraqi terror cell leader Dec. 26 during operations in Yusufiyah, south of Baghdad. The terrorist is believed responsible for the June kidnapping two U.S. Army soldiers who were later found tortured and murdered.

-- Iraqi soldiers responded to a car-bomb detonation yesterday in northeastern Baghdad that killed 15 people and wounded 20 others. Iraqi soldiers transported the injured to a hospital for medical treatment.

-- U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, rescued two kidnapping victims yesterday who were being held captive by insurgents in Hit, Iraq.

(Compiled from Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)

[SandRat]

FR WAR NEWS!

WAR News You'll Hear Nowhere Else!

All the News the MSM refuses to use!

[pissant]

A few more dead would be nice. Nevertheless, good work.

[samadams2000]

Again the dreaded "capture" word.

[SolidWood]

Bloody awesome!

[evad]

Combined Forces Capture 60 Insurgents,

For a moment I thought they had raided the U S Senate.

[RightOnline]

Wondered why I hadn't heard from my son (Stryker platoon leader) in Baghdad for several days now. Think I know why now. Very cool.

[Billthedrill]

Special Iraqi army forces, with coalition advisors, captured an al Qaeda in Iraqi terror cell leader Dec. 26 during operations in Yusufiyah, south of Baghdad. The terrorist is believed responsible for the June kidnapping two U.S. Army soldiers who were later found tortured and murdered.

Hmm...were these the same two that were supposedly victims killed in revenge for the deaths of Iraqi civilians at U.S. hands? The MSM have bent over backwards to explain that as righteous Iraqi indignation against the invader. Could it be that cover story is unraveling?

[GretchenM]

Thank you, SandRat, for consistently bringing us war news.

[Just A Nobody]

Great work! Keep it up guys!

[Right_in_Virginia]

WAR News You'll Hear Nowhere Else!

As always, thank you, friend.

Thank you.

[DarthVader]

The prisoners need to be interrogated so we can get more of the other cockroaches.

[operation clinton cleanup]

my son (Stryker platoon leader)

Very cool indeed! Hope him and his platoon are safe.

[Gritty]

"Capturing" is Ok but "dead" is better.

[petercooper]

Quagmire

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

TANKS,Rat,,,Good News...;0)

[DCPatriot]

Where in the heck were these types of articles and stories all year long?

I'm sure these stories could be told over and over.

[mac_truck]

We should kill the insurgents and capture the cell leaders, not the other way around.

[airborne]

Keeping pace with all the Gimo prisoners that Saudi Arabia has released.

[MaxMax]

Hang them with Saddam at the stadium.