Free Republic

WASHINGTON, April 15, 2010 – Iraqi security forces arrested 11 suspected al-Qaida in Iraq members and associates today and another suspect yesterday during combined operations with U.S. advisors near Baghdad, military officials reported. Iraqi soldiers and U.S. advisors searched a rural area northwest of Baghdad for a suspected al-Qaida in Iraq leader believed to be the mastermind behind multiple vehicle-borne bombing attacks in the area. After preliminary questioning and examining evidence at the scene, Iraqi forces arrested 11 criminal associates of the wanted man. Iraqi forces arrested a suspected al-Qaida in Iraq member yesterday during a combined security operation southeast...

WASHINGTON, April 22, 2007 – Coalition and Afghan forces killed two and captured 12 militants in separate raids yesterday. --Combined forces killed one and captured nine in an early morning raid on a militant compound in Nangarhar province. The militants are suspected of coordinating several suicide attacks in recent weeks. -- In another early-morning raid yesterday in Helmand province, coalition and Afghan forces killed an armed suspect. -- Coalition and Afghan forces in Khowst province detained three men yesterday at a compound where militants are linked to the Haqqani network and suspected of extremist activities. One suspect was armed...