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BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested six suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq explosives-cell members today during two joint security operations conducted in central and northern Iraq pursuant to warrants issued by Iraqi judges. In a rural area located approximately 31 km north of Baghdad, 5th Iraqi Army Soldiers and U.S. advisors searched a residential building for a suspected AQI explosives-cell member who is believed to make and distribute homemade explosives used in attacks by the terrorist group throughout Baghdad. Information gathered within the building directed the Iraqi-led security team to a hidden weapons site nearby where several large artillery rounds were...

WASHINGTON — Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) arrested six wanted terrorism suspects throughout the country in recent days, military officials reported. In northwestern Baghdad yesterday, ISF arrested three people during a combined operation conducted to find and arrest a suspected member of an explosives cell affiliated with the Jaysh al-Mahdi terrorist organization. Iraqi forces and U.S. advisors searched a home for the alleged explosives cell member, who is believed to be staging attacks against security forces in the region. Based on preliminary questioning and evidence discovered at the scene, they arrested three people suspected of being criminal associates of the targeted...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2009 – Iraqi security forces arrested six terrorism suspects in recent days, military officials reported. In northwestern Baghdad yesterday, Iraqi security forces arrested three people during a combined operation conducted to find and arrest a suspected member of an explosives cell affiliated with the Jaysh al-Mahdi terrorist organization. Iraqi forces and U.S. advisors searched a home for the alleged explosives cell member, who is believed to be staging attacks against security forces in the region. Based on preliminary questioning and evidence discovered at the scene, they arrested three people suspected of being criminal associates of the targeted...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2009 – Iraqi police killed a suspected bombing-cell member and arrested six others in operations over the last two days, military officials reported. Police arrested a suspect today during a combined security operation in Beiji, southwest of Kirkuk, during a search for a member of an al-Qaida in Iraq-sponsored bombing cell. Based on preliminary questioning and evidence found at the scene, police arrested a suspected accomplice of the wanted man, who was not apprehended. –In Mosul yesterday, federal police elements arrested five suspected vehicle-borne bomb cell members. A sixth suspect was shot and killed during the operation....

BAGHDAD, Nov. 5, 2009 – Iraqi security forces arrested six suspects during two security operations today targeting members of al-Qaida in Iraq-sponsored bombing networks. In Bayji, Iraqi police and U.S. advisors with court-issued warrants searched several buildings in pursuit of vehicle-bomb network members operating across Iraq’s Salahuddin province. Based on information gathered at the scene, police arrested three people for allegedly aiding and abetting criminal activity. The suspect wanted on the warrant was not apprehended. In Tall Zalat, southwest of Mosul, Iraqi forces acting on a warrant searched several buildings for an alleged roadside-bomb suspect. Based on incriminating evidence found...

WASHINGTON, April 25, 2007 – Coalition forces detained six suspected terrorists during operations around Iraq today, and Iraqi police and U.S. soldiers found a weapons cache inside a Baghdad mosque April 23. Coalition troops detained three suspected terrorists today during a raid southeast of Salman Pak, officials said. Coalition forces were targeting senior al Qaeda in Iraq leaders and a group that provides foreign fighters. Also today, coalition forces nabbed two more suspected terrorists during a raid north of Karmah, while another suspected terrorist was detained in an operation in Mosul. “We are continuing to disrupt the al Qaeda...