(VOI) - US army on Friday announced its troops arrested 4 wanted and 17 suspectd during operation targeting al-Qaeda network in Baghdad and Mosul. "Fifteen suspected terrorists, including two wanted men, are in Coalition custody after an operation in a village southwest of Mosul," said a U.S military statement received by Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq(VOI).The announcement noted "one man is reportedly a liaison between Al-Qaeda network in Iraq(AQI) leaders in Mosul and the foreign terrorist network in northwest Iraq", adding "the other wanted man is allegedly a leader in that foreign terrorist network and is suspected of moving suicide bombers into Iraq for attacks". U.S army highlighted it "captured an alleged close associate of a senior AQI leader in Mosul who oversees the terrorist network's finances along with three additional suspects".
In Baghdad, U.S. forces detained "an alleged associate of a senior AQI leader in the area, as well as one additional suspected terrorist".