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Press Release A080604b-203
June 4, 2008
Coalition forces sustain pressure on al-Qaeda operatives in Iraq
BAGHDAD – Coalition forces discovered weapons, car bombs and a bed-down site during a series of operations north of Baghdad that wrapped up June 1 with 15 suspected terrorists in custody.
The five days of operations spanned from the Diyala River near Khan Bani Sa’ad to the Tigris River near Balad and targeted al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorists huddled in the area.
Coalition forces detained three suspects while targeting a terrorist leader suspected of facilitating suicide bomb attacks, kidnapping local Iraqis and attacking Iraqi Army and police personnel. They also pursued a terrorist leader suspected of manufacturing and distributing explosives and leading a group that conducted bombing attacks in the area. During multiple operations they detained eight terrorist suspects.
While securing the area near Balad, Coalition forces detected four men hiding in a vehicle. They approached the vehicle and called out to the men, who initially surrendered. However, one man suddenly became non-compliant and posed a hostile threat to the force. Coalition forces engaged the man, wounding him. Coalition medics treated him on site and he was transported to a military medical facility. In the area, Coalition forces discovered a terrorist bed-down site, which they destroyed to prevent its future use in criminal acts.
In another location Coalition forces found two vehicles being prepared as car bombs, a nearby house that was booby-trapped as a house bomb and a cache of weapons. The force moved civilians out of the way and safely destroyed the weapons and bombs.
“As we sustain the pressure on AQI operatives in the north, we are preventing the possibility of terrorism against the innocent citizens,” said Major John Hall, MNFI spokesman.
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RELEASE No. 20080604-01
June 4, 2008
ISOF capture suspected AQI cell leader
Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO
BALAD, Iraq – Iraqi Special Operations Forces captured a suspected cell leader for the al-Qaeda in Iraq in eastern Mosul June 2.
The ISOF conducted an operation to capture a suspected terrorist who is believed to serve as an improvised explosive device cell leader for AQI. The man is suspected of numerous vehicle-borne IED attacks against Iraqi and Coalition forces, which killed Iraqi soldiers.
“The capture of this suspect will likely disrupt AQI intelligence operations in the area and diminish future attacks against Iraqi and Coalition forces in Mosul,” said Col. Bill Buckner, a spokesman for Multi-National Corps - Iraq.
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Press Release A080604a-202
June 4, 2008
Wanted men captured, terrorist safe-houses destroyed
BAGHDAD – Coalition forces continued to batter the al-Qaeda in Iraq bombing and foreign terrorist facilitation networks Wednesday, detaining nine suspects in central and northwestern Iraq.
In and around Baghdad, Coalition forces disrupted al-Qaeda in Iraq’s bombing networks by capturing two wanted men and detaining two additional suspected terrorists. One wanted man detained in Baghdad was reportedly involved in weapons distribution and car bombings. The other wanted man was detained about 20 kilometers north, in Taji, and is believed to gather intelligence for a bombing network in the area.
Coalition forces in Tikrit, about 160 kilometers north of Baghdad, captured a wanted man and four associates who are believed to be involved in organizing suicide bombings and facilitating the movement of foreign terrorists into Iraq. Additionally, detainee reporting led Coalition forces to a foreign-terrorist bed-down site west of Bi’aj, about 130 kilometers west of Mosul, where they discovered and safely destroyed two terrorist safe-houses.
“We are eliminating the threat by targeting the AQI networks, making it difficult for them to attack the innocent Iraqi citizens,” said Major John Hall, MNFI spokesman.
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