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Press Release A080819b-288
August 19, 2008

Iraqi and Coalition forces nab three wanted men

BAGHDAD – Iraqi and Coalition forces targeted al-Qaeda in Iraq leaders and networks, detaining 12 suspects Monday and Tuesday during operations in central and northern parts of the country.

Iraqi and Coalition forces captured a regional AQI leader in Kirkuk Monday. The wanted man reportedly manages a network that provides components for homemade explosives from Basra to Mosul.

In Bayji Monday, Coalition forces detained one suspect while targeting associates of senior leaders in a suicide bombing network. Five suspected terrorists were detained during another operation in Bayji Tuesday when Coalition forces targeted members of a bombing network in the Tigris River Valley.

Coalition forces in Baghdad captured a wanted man Tuesday who is assessed to be a senior AQI operative in the southern part of the capital.

In Mosul, Coalition forces captured a man who reportedly plants roadside bombs and conducts bombing attacks against Iraqi civilians and the security forces that protect them. Three additional suspects were detained in the operation Tuesday.

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