blog:
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/05/gmlrs_strike_knocks.php
“GMLRS strike knocks out Special Groups command center in Sadr City”
By BILL ROGGIO
(May 3, 2008 1:25 PM)
BLOG ENTRY SNIPPET: “A member of the Iraqi national police creates an inventory of illegal weapons confiscated by Iraqi national police in the Sadr City District of Baghdad, Iraq, as he turns them over to members of the 42nd brigade, 11th Iraqi army division, at Combat Patrol Base Comanche on April 19. (US Air Force photo/Technical Sergean Adrian Cadiz)
US and Iraqi forces continue to target the Mahdi Army as an Iraqi delegation visited Iran to confront the country over its support of Shia militias battling the government. The US military conducted a guided rocket attack on a Special Groups headquarters adjacent to a hospital in Sadr City, while 14 Mahdi Army fighters have been killed during clashes over the past 24 hours.
The US army targeted and destroyed a Special Groups command and control center with Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System in Sadr City at 10 a.m. Saturday morning, Multinational Forces Iraq reported.”
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http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19027&Itemid=21
APO AE 09342
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080503-08
May 3, 2008
“Criminal element command-control center destroyed”
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD
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blog:
Previously...
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/05/iraqis_despise_the_m.php
“Iraqis begin to ‘despise’ the Mahdi Army in Baghdad’s Rusafa district”
By BILL ARDOLINO
(May 3, 2008 11:57 AM)
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http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/05/sadr_city_barrier_a.php
“Sadr City barrier ‘a magnet’ for Mahdi Army attacks”
By BILL ROGGIO
(May 2, 2008 1:36 AM)
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19053&Itemid=21
APO AE 09342
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080503-11
May 3, 2008
Iraqi Special Operations Forces capture Special Groups leader
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
BALAD, Iraq – Iraqi Special Operations Forces, advised by U.S. Special Forces, captured a suspected mid-level Special Groups leader and detained a member of his group in Baghdad May 2.
ISOF conducted the operation to capture the leader of 50 criminal militia members who is suspected of conducting indirect fire attacks against Iraqi Army and Coalition forces in Baghdad.
This group is also suspected of kidnapping and murder, having reportedly killed a local clinic director for not treating an injured criminal militia fighter.
“Operations like this demonstrate the growing capabilities of ISOF to plan and conduct missions and represent the on-going commitment by the Government of Iraq to disrupt criminal activity and restore stability to the country,” said Col. Bill Buckner, MNC-I spokesman.
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