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| Iraq |
| Suspected JAM Battalion Commander Grabbed |
| 2007-08-30 |
| They don't say who he is, but it sounds like if they guy they got is the one they think they got, he's a pretty big fish. BAGHDAD - Iraqi Special Operations Forces, with U.S. Special Forces as advisers, detained a suspected battalion commander of a rogue element of the Jaysh al Mahdi militia and one suspected insurgent during an intelligence-driven operation in Baghdad Aug. 27. I wonder what he had to say the past couple of days. The suspected Shi'a extremist operates in Qhadirah, an area in Baghdad. Reports indicate he directs a group that targets Iraqi citizens for kidnapping and extrajudicial killings. The alleged leader also maintains connections to insurgents in the Hayani area, Baghdad and Basrah. Intelligence indicates the targeted individual's group is also responsible for emplacing explosively formed penetrators, or EFPs, in Sadr City targeting Iraqi and Coalition Forces. The men are currently being detained for questioning for their involvement in criminal activities and the deaths of local citizens. No Iraqi or U.S. Special Forces were injured during the raid. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #1 extrajudicial killings You mean gang murders? |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-08-30 15:47 |