Al Qaeda plans wins new friends?
COALITION FORCES UNCOVER PLAN TO ATTACK ALBU-NIMR TRIBE
Release Date: 2/18/2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq Coalition Forces discovered an al Qaeda plan to attack and kill members of the Albu-Nimr Tribe. During an operation in a rural area approximately 30 miles northeast of Ramadi Feb. 11, (official press release one week later - look for release next week on follow-up ops) a document was discovered that identified plans to attack and kill Al-Nimr tribal members.
The plan revealed rocket attacks and assassinations against the tribe of Albu-Nimr in Hit.
A second document outlined details of how al Qaeda degraded and destroyed phone switches in Haditha, Al-Baghdadi, and Hit and took phone cards away from people so they could not call out. (How important is this Albu-Nimr tribe? Sound like potential allies to me.)
Al Qaeda threatened to follow-up with further action if the switches are fixed.
Coalition Forces turned both documents over to the Iraqi Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Interior.
Posted by: Glenmore 2006-02-18 |