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| Iraq |
| One terrorist killed, eight suspected terrorists detained |
| 2007-09-22 |
| Coalition forces killed one terrorist and detained eight suspected terrorists during several operations Friday targeting al-Qaeda in Iraq leaders in the central part of the country. Coalition forces captured a suspected leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq in the Arab Jabour area during operations in Baghdad. The individual is believed to build bombs for the Baghdad car-bombing network and has oversight of their past and future attacks. This individual is also believed to facilitate the movement and training of foreign terrorists in the region. During the course of operations, an armed terrorist maneuvered toward security elements. Using appropriate self-defense measures, Coalition forces killed the armed terrorist. Coalition forces also received small arms and machine gun fire from an enemy element that had moved into the target area. Coalition forces called in close air support and returned fire in self-defense. Because of the security situation on the objective, ground forces were not able to determine if any enemy were killed or wounded by the aircraft fire. In addition to the targeted individual, ground forces detained three suspected terrorists on the scene. Also in the capital city, Coalition forces conducted a precision operation and captured one suspected terrorist tied to a senior leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq in the southern belt around Baghdad. Northeast of Ramadi, Coalition forces detained one suspected terrorist believed to facilitate weapons logistics for al-Qaeda in Iraq and terrorists in other countries. Coalition forces also detained two suspected terrorists in operations southeast of Balad. "Al-Qaeda in Iraq is operating in a degraded state," said Maj. Winfield Danielson, MNF-I spokesman. "Every operation gives us better information, enabling us to target and capture more al-Qaeda in Iraq senior leaders." |
| Posted by:Fred |