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Press Release A080807a-082
August 7, 2008
Coalition detains two suspects associated with Special Groups
BAGHDAD – Coalition forces captured two suspects believed to be associated with Special Groups Thursday morning in the West Rashid area of Baghdad.
Based on intelligence information, Coalition forces targeted the location of a suspected member of the Special Groups leadership for the Karkh area of Baghdad. The targeted individual is believed to be a critical node in the funding, logistics and other support aspects of the Karkh cell of Special Groups.
Coalition forces approached the targeted individual’s location where they detained two suspects believed to be associated with Special Groups.
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Press Release A080807b-274
August 7, 2008
Coalition forces capture alleged terrorist leader
BAGHDAD – Coalition forces detained 25 suspected terrorists Thursday during sweeps targeting al-Qaeda in Iraq operations and facilitation in central and northern Iraq.
The alleged leader of an AQI network within Baghdad and one of his suspected associates are in Coalition custody after two precision operations in the city. The man is believed to be associated with the terrorist network in the Karkh neighborhood. The associate is also reportedly involved with AQI’s foreign terrorist network, helping to bring facilitation agents to Baghdad. Another alleged Baghdad link to the foreign terrorist network was captured in a separate operation with two additional suspects.
Coalition forces captured a man and one additional suspect in Salman Pak assessed to be part of the Rusafa car-bombing network. Both the Karkh and Rusafa networks are known to attack Iraqi civilians and the security forces that protect them, and due to the degradation of AQI’s terrorist networks, their membership has begun to overlap.
Coalition forces continued to target AQI senior leaders in Mosul, capturing a suspected leader and one of his alleged associates. Intelligence reports indicate the suspected leader uses a local mosque to recruit extremists, collect money to finance terrorism, and store weapons for attacks against Coalition forces. Nine additional suspects were detained in the operation.
Coalition forces also targeted foreign terrorist facilitators in Bi’aj, about 130 kilometers southwest of Mosul, detaining four suspects.
South of Mosul, Coalition forces in Bayji detained three suspected terrorists for their suspected participation in hiding weapons and foreign terrorists in the area.
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