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U.S. Special Forces, Iraqi Security Forces battle insurgents in Karbala
Iraqi Security Forces, with U.S. Special Forces as advisors, detained a high-level rogue Jaysh al-Mahdi commander in western Karbala, July 27. Iraqi and U.S. forces detained their primary target without incident during a raid in a neighborhood in Karbala. Two other suspicious individuals present during the raid were also detained. While preparing to leave the target location, Iraqi Security Forces and U.S. Special Forces began receiving fire from three separate locations. The team determined the attackers were using small arms weapons, machine guns, and rocket-propelled grenades. As the team defended itself with well-aimed fire, killing five insurgents, rogue JAM militants fired on a helicopter assisting the team in the operation. U.S. Special Forces called in precision aerial fires that resulted in approximately a dozen insurgents killed. No Iraqi civilians were present in the area while the strike was performed. The primary suspect commands a rogue Jaysh al-Mahdi assassination cell of over 100 armed members. He has allegedly commanded attacks against Coalition Forces using improvised explosive devices, explosively formed penetrators and mortars. He has also carried out assassinations of Iraqi civilians. His cell is also credited with the assassinations of two Iraqi government officials. Posted by: Fred 2007-07-28 |
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