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'Special' Groups Leader Captured in Baghdad
BAGHDAD Multi-National Division Baghdad Soldiers captured a key leader of a Special Groups criminal network in Baghdads Shaab neighborhood Feb. 15. What kind of neighborhood is Sha'ab? Acting on multiple-source reporting, Neighbors? Or previously-captured colleagues? paratroopers with 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division detained the suspect during an operation just before noon. Day shift; must be an IA operation. Maj. Cameron Weathers, intelligence officer for the 2nd BCT, said that within the last month alone, the suspect allegedly played a leading role in planning and executing the kidnappings of four Iraqi National Police officers Feb. 2, and the kidnapping of three Sons of Iraq security force members Feb. 7. I wonder if a computer or useful documents were captured with him - the 'catches' have become so regular that I can't pick out a pattern of roll-ups. The suspect is also believed to have masterminded the November bombing of a Coalition outpost and the 2006 murder of an Iraqi Police colonel, as well as numerous killings of innocent Iraqi civilians. Weathers said the suspect has recently been engaged in weapons smuggling. He is suspected of being involved in a long list of additional crimes, including murders, kidnappings and IED attacks. Who gets to hold and question him - US military, CIA, Iraqi Army, or Iraqi Police? If Iraqi, will he be tortured or released with an apology? We will continue to disrupt the networks of those who choose not to obey al-Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadrs ceasefire pledge, said Col. Bill Buckner, MNC-I spokesman. The people of Iraq have made it clear that they will not tolerate the criminal activities of these splinter groups. Posted by: Glenmore 2008-02-16 |
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