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http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21875&Itemid=128

Press Release A080817a-286
August 17, 2008

Coalition forces thwart al-Qaeda bombers, facilitators

BAGHDAD – Coalition forces detained eight suspected terrorists in central and northern Iraq Sunday while targeting al-Qaeda in Iraq operatives who bring foreigners into Iraq and coordinate bombings.

Coalition forces disrupted an AQI bombing network in the Tigris River Valley during two related operations. In Tikrit, about 160 kilometers north of Baghdad, the force used information from an operation Jul. 9 to capture an alleged senior member of the bombing network and another suspect. The alleged senior member reportedly coordinates the movement of suicide bombers and foreign terrorists within the network. Farther up the valley in Bayji, Coalition forces detained another suspect believed to be tied to suicide bombings within the same network.

In Baghdad, Coalition forces captured a wanted man and one associate reportedly working for the AQI foreign terrorist facilitation network that has developed in the city. Two wanted men and an associate were detained in Bi’aj, about 130 kilometers southwest of Mosul, for their suspected ties to the AQI foreign terrorist facilitation network operating in the Jazirah desert.

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