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| Iraqi, Coalition Forces, detain Al-Qaeda leader in Mosul |
| 2007-07-21 |
| Members of the 2/2nd Iraqi Army Battalion, Ninewa SWAT, with Coalition Forces as advisors, detained an alleged battalion commander for an al-Qaeda affiliated group in western Mosul July 19 during an intelligence driven operation. Iraqi Forces also detained a second individual who allegedly controls 20 fighters who build and emplace improvised explosive devices in western Mosul. Five other suspected terrorists who were present during the operation were also detained. The primary suspect is believed to be a former regime Army officer who controls six other emirs throughout Mosul. He reportedly is the liaison between the west side of the al-Qaeda affiliated groupÂ’s commander and other battalion commanders. Iraqi Forces detained the targeted individuals without incident. They also seized extremist propaganda, a cell phone, forged identification cards and an Iraqi passport. No Iraqi or Coalition Forces members were injured during the operation. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 The Danes understand what will happen to their friends should Harry Reid be successful. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2007-07-21 14:46 |
| #4 I vote for the big guns, if we're voting. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-07-21 08:23 |
| #3 Now the Basra pocket is near toast, in face of do-nothing against Iranian aggression. Either that or they are prepping a likely battlefield by getting out their civilians. And yeah, their soldiers too. sigh. Still, Denmark has done a LOT for a country their size, compared to most of the rest of Europe. Unfortunately, none of those militaries was in good shape for real operations and even the countries that want to contribute are finding their equipment, men and political will near exhaustion. What that's going to mean is either craven surrender on our part or bringing out the big guns. It's hard to see what other options there will be soon. |
| Posted by: lotp 2007-07-21 08:17 |
| #2 The primary suspect is believed to be a former regime Army officer Nice. I don't recall any of those being picked up before. A cell phone, too -- the IA 2/2nd is having a good hunt. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-07-21 08:06 |
| #1 Damn! The BBC is reporting that Danish troops in Iraq evacuated hundreds of Iraqis, with families, who worked for them during the intervention. Now the Basra pocket is near toast, in face of do-nothing against Iranian aggression. Time to dust off the nukes? Why the hell make and store or direct 10,000 nukes, and then not use them against a tyranny that is building nukes for use against the US Homeland? |
| Posted by: McZoid 2007-07-21 01:19 |