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| Iraq |
| Two terrorists killed, 18 suspects detained in raids against car bomb networks |
| 2007-08-25 |
| Coalition Forces delivered several blows to al-Qaeda in Iraq’s car bombing networks Friday, killing two terrorists and detaining 18 suspected terrorists during operations in central and northern Iraq. Information from a raid in Baghdad Aug. 15 led Coalition Forces to a weapons facilitator in the city. Two men in the targeted building refused to comply with the interpreter’s instructions and made threatening movements toward the assault force. Coalition Forces defended against the hostile threat and engaged the two men, killing both. One of the men was identified as the weapons trafficker sought in the raid. Coalition Forces detained one suspected terrorist from the scene. Iraqi and Coalition Forces detained nine suspected terrorists associated with two high-profile bombing attacks during operations in Kirkuk and Tikrit. In Kirkuk, Iraqi and Coalition Forces targeted a member of the local car-bombing cell who is believed to have used his house to store the truck bombs used in the July 16 attack that killed 80 people. The ground forces detained four suspected terrorists linked to the cell. Coalition Forces also targeted associates of Haytham Sabah al-Badri who participated in the Samarra Golden Mosque bombing. Coalition Forces detained five suspected terrorists during the operation and found an 80-pound bag of Iraqi money. In Mosul, Coalition Forces conducted two raids targeting the suicide bombing network there. A precision raid nabbed a suspected expert car bomb maker in charge of all suicide bombers in the area. During another raid, Coalition Forces detained three suspected terrorists linked to a safe house operator who shelters suicide bombers for attacks in Ninewa and Dahuk provinces. During a raid in the Tarmiyah area, Coalition Forces captured a suspected senior operative of a bombing network whose leader was killed during an operation Aug. 20. Three additional suspects were detained for their ties to the bombing network. “Each operation presents us the next piece of intelligence, the next target, the next mission to capture and disrupt the networks conducting brutal and indiscriminate attacks against Iraqis,” said Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, MNF-I spokesperson. “We’re pursuing them relentlessly – we want to stop them before they can strike.” |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 It's become clear that we have the upper hand and they will disappear by attrition. This, of course, is bad news for the MSM and thge democrats. However, attrition is taking it's toll on the MSM as well. Do you think the democrats will fare better ? |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-08-25 12:45 |