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| Iraqi police arrest 30 in fatal truck bombings |
| 2008-12-10 |
| Iraqi police have arrested 30 members of an al-Qaida cell, including the alleged mastermind of truck bombings that killed 17 people in the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, officials said Tuesday. Tariq al-Karbouli, the alleged leader of the cell, was picked up Monday in the Abu Ghraib area west of Baghdad, Iraqi officials said. The other members of the cell were apprehended in a series of raids that ended early Tuesday, the officials added. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information. Two bomb-laden trucks exploded Thursday at police stations in Fallujah, 40 miles west of Baghdad, killing 17 people and leveling buildings, police reported. The brazen attacks in the most heavily guarded city in Iraq raised questions about the ability of Iraqi security forces to ensure security as the U.S. scales down its combat role under the newly ratified U.S.-Iraqi pact, which calls for an American pullout within three years. One of the Iraqi officials said al-Karbouli, who works for a government-owned yogurt company, said explosives used in the attacks were smuggled into the city over a period of time hidden under bananas and other foodstuffs. The official said al-Karbouli had confessed to his role in the bombings, but that the 11 other people directly involved were still at large. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #4 Gosh!!! I hope they were read thier rights and given legal representation before they were interrogated. |
| Posted by: Clem Ebboluth6945 2008-12-10 17:40 |
| #3 P.S. from Strategy Page: Ten Sunni Arab terrorism suspects were arrested in Baghdad and Fallujah by Iraqi security forces. With the recent arrests of key terrorists in Baghdad, Fallujah and Basra, Iraqi and American counter-terror experts believe they will see a further decline in terrorist violence. There are still believed to be two or three major terror gangs out there, capable to carrying out several suicide bombing attacks a month. But the police are on to these outfits, something made possible by the crushing of major Sunni and Shia terror organizations in the last year. The terrorists can still kill, but they can no longer keep the police out of entire towns or neighborhoods. The cops can go where they want, and more Iraqis feel safe in providing tips to the police. U.S. military counter-terror databases are proving useful to the Iraqi police, because many of the terrorists they are pursuing are known to the Americans as some of the "usual suspects" that U.S. troops have arrested, or identified, over the last five years. |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2008-12-10 11:50 |
| #2 The Iraqi Police seem to be reacting faster and faster to AQI bombings. This bodes well for the future. |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2008-12-10 11:22 |
| #1 AQI won't be able to handle many more victories like this. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-12-10 02:31 |