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| Iraq |
| Special Groups Fish Caught near Baghdad |
| 2007-12-01 |
| Coalition forces capture two targeted suspects; disrupt criminal network BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition forces captured two suspected criminals Friday during operations in the Kadhimyah and Sha’ab areas, near Baghdad. Intelligence reports indicate the captured suspect in the Kadhmiyah area was a weapons facilitator for Special Group criminal elements. His logistics supply network includes Basrah, many locations in the Maysan province, and Baghdad. The second suspect was reportedly a Special Groups weapons facilitator and distributor, who transported weapons from Baghdad to Diyala Province. The suspected criminal provided improvised explosive device and mortar instruction to subordinates, operational guidance, and various types of munitions to multiple criminal element cell leaders. The suspected criminals were also reportedly associates of several other senior-level criminal element leaders who were involved in attacks on Coalition forces. Both wanted suspects were captured without incident. “These criminal splinter groups are not honoring al-Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr’s cease-fire pledge,” said Maj. Winfield Danielson, MNF-I spokesman. “Their time has passed. Iraqi and Coalition forces will find these groups and systematically dismantle them.” Every day there are another one or three captured. However, I have not seen any announced convictions in quite some time. No longer newsworthy? Or perps are looping through the revolving door? |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #5 I've been out of the loop for a while, but the high-value guys were not eligible for review by Iraqi magistrates, thus could not be sprung. Don't know if that's still true. Hard to imagine these sorts are being kept or treated the same as the great unwashed seas of regular detainees. |
| Posted by: Verlaine 2007-12-01 18:40 |
| #4 They already believe the pocket fingerprint reader/DNA sampler used by the US military implants a computer chip... or perhaps it's a tracer chip -- I don't quite remember. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-12-01 14:34 |
| #3 At what point are we going to use the Arab worlds belief in the fantastic to leak work of US military Psy Corps mind reading interrogators? Just to screw with them. Or simply release embarrassing details about folks along with some real intelligence. We captured this guy, he is one of Al-Sadr's male lovers according to DNA evidence. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2007-12-01 13:36 |
| #2 I'm sure the fabled revolving door is well-oiled and spinning furiously. There ought to be a special gallows for Iranian infiltrators, to be used as often as necessary. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-12-01 13:14 |
| #1 Cell phones and computers stripped of information, captives' brains ditto... Iranian Special Groups troops are legitimate prisoners of war if in uniform (unlikely), unquestionably spies otherwise. There ought to be a special prison for them, in which they might await events. In the meantime, I imagine that either each one leads to a few more, or the neighbors are turning them in, or both. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-12-01 10:18 |