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BAGHDAD — Iraqi Police arrested a suspected Jaysh al-Islami (JAI) terrorist group explosives-cell leader and nine suspected criminal accomplices, in addition to discovering a large weapons cache, during two joint security operations conducted yesterday near Tikrit. Pursuant to a warrant issued by an Iraqi court, IP and U.S. advisors first searched a residential building in a small village about 29 km northwest of Tikrit for the suspected Bayji JAI explosives-cell leader who is believed to have coordinated multiple improvised explosive device attacks against security forces in the region. Evidence collected at the scene led IP to positively identify and arrest...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31, 2009 – Iraqi forces, with U.S. forces advisors, arrested 10 terrorism suspects in recent days, military officials reported. The operations took place in northern Iraq, Baghdad and in Iraq’s Babil province. In northern Iraq, Iraqi forces arrested four suspected terrorists under the authority of various warrants Aug. 29. A Beiji special weapons and tactics team arrested a suspected terrorist in Salahuddin province with a warrant issued by the Beiji Investigative Court for suspicion of trafficking illegal weapons throughout the country. In Diyala province, Iraqi commandos arrested three suspected terrorists with warrants issued by a court in Khark....