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| Iraq |
| 6th IAD Continues to Listen to USSOF Advice: Captures AQI Leader |
| 2007-11-07 |
| Iraqi Security Forces and U.S. Special Forces capture seven extremists in Baghdad raid BAGHDAD – 6th Iraqi Army Division Soldiers, advised by U.S. Special Forces, captured seven al-Qaeda in Iraq extremists during operations in Mansour Nov. 4. Captured was the primary target for the operation, a suspected AQI leader who reportedly organizes and personally conducts kidnappings, murders, car-bombings, and improvised explosive devices attacks. He reportedly runs a criminal network thought to be behind terrorist attacks carried out in the Ahdimiyah, Al Kahdra, Al Ameriyah, Yarmouk, and Mansour districts of Baghdad. The line between Al Qaeda and ordinary criminal is rather blurry. According to intelligence reports, the suspect is believed to have ordered the murder of a family of three and the killing of eight construction workers. He is also thought to be behind the attempted murder of a Mansour City Council Chairman and an IED attack that killed three Iraqi checkpoint guards. During the operation, Iraqi and U.S. Forces detained eight additional suspects for questioning. Who gets to do the questioning? Being it was an Iraqi op with just our 'advice' one would suppose the questioning of prisoners would be handled similarly - too bad for the ones being questioned. No Iraqi or U.S. Special Forces were injured during this operation. Whether any detainees turn out to have been injured may depend on how they respond to questioning. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #1 Good. I am glad to see good operational competence with the Iraqis. If they can get a good working democracy/republic it will prove the fact that the arabs can do it. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-11-07 10:33 |