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http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17148&Itemid=128
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080218-04
February 18, 2008
Iraqi Special Operations Forces, U.S. Special Forces detain suspected terrorist leader in Mosul
Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO
BALAD, Iraq – Iraqi Special Operations Forces, advised by U.S. Special Forces, detained a suspected terrorist leader during an operation in Mosul Feb. 17.
According to intelligence reports, the suspect is responsible for improvised-explosive device attacks against Iraqi security forces in Mosul. The suspect is also believed to be responsible for distributing insurgent propaganda in the city.
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http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/02/pressure_on_sadr_and.php
“Pressure on Sadr and the Iranian-backed Special Groups continues”
By BILL ROGGIO
February 18, 2008 2:49 AM
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “As previously reported at The Long War Journal, US and Iraqi forces have stepped up operations against the Iranian-backed and Mahdi Army-linked Special Groups terror cells. The increase in activity comes as Muqtada al Sadr is deliberating the reinstatement or cancellation of the self-imposed cease-fire.
Since the last report, the US military has singled out a former Mahdi Army commander as being behind violence in northern Baghdad while a senior spokesman said Iran is still supporting terror operations in Iraq. “The intent of Iran in supporting the training and financing [the Special Groups] we believe continues,” said Rear Admiral Gregory Smith, the director of Multinational Forces Iraq’s Communication Division. “In just the past week, Iraqi and coalition forces captured 212 weapons caches across Iraq, two of those coming from here inside Baghdad, with growing links to the Iranian-backed special groups.””