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| US/Iraqi Special Operations Captures Extremist Brigade Commander |
| 2007-10-18 |
| As yet not named. I expect a roll-up of at least a tier of subordinates to result as well. The only down side is he didn't die, but maybe he's talking. And in Iraqi custody he could always die later. It seems he was a moneyman - perhaps the most important kind of big game fish to catch. BALAD, Iraq – Iraqi Special Operations Forces, with U.S. Special Forces as advisers, detained an extremist brigade commander in an early morning raid Oct. 16 in the al Hurriyah area. The targeted commander is allegedly the main financier and weapons supplier in the al Shula area, near Baghdad. His 300-member cell is responsible for improvised explosive device attacks against Coalition Forces and the Iraqi Army. How many IEDs can a group that size deploy? Additionally, approximately 12-million Iraqi Dinar, close to $10,000, was confiscated at the target house during the raid. Not a huge amount of money, but significant. I wonder if we can track where any of it came from. No Iraqi or U.S. Forces were injured during the operation. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #6 Whatever it is, I have no doubt you'll be proud of the results, N Guard. You all have made us so very proud thus far and we'll look forward to whatever you can report from that sandbox then, when Guiliani and Thompson are in the White House. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-10-18 15:52 |
| #5 My guard unit is due to rotate back in 2009 timeframe. At the rate they are going, I wonder if there will be anything for us to do by the time we get over there? Syria? Iran, maybe? |
| Posted by: N guard 2007-10-18 13:41 |
| #4 Intelligence must be getting better and better. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-10-18 10:30 |
| #3 we'll look back and see how far we've come No offense intended, Bangkok Billy, but this pertains only to those of us with actual hindsight. All the others will squawk, "Was it worth it?" |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-18 05:36 |
| #2 I'm not ready to declare victory but actions like these are significant. We're no longer wrapping up the low level muts. Taking down the money guys, facilitators, and guys who move other muts goes to the heart of the insurgency. It will take time but we're building capability w/in the IA SF. I think in 6-12 (election time ?)months we'll look back and see how far we've come. |
| Posted by: Bangkok Billy 2007-10-18 00:31 |
| #1 Once again, an AI team with SF advisers. This is so much like typical Phoenix Program stuff done in Vietnam, that really broke the back of the Viet Cong. But now we're a whole lot better at it. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-10-18 00:22 |