Good News From The War On Terror 7/21
Coalition Forces, Iraqi Emergency Response Unit detain three rogue JAM
BAGHDAD – An Iraqi Emergency Response Unit with Coalition Forces present as advisers, detained three suspected members of a rogue Jaysh al-Mahdi militia group, during an early morning operation in Sadr City, July 20
Two of the detainees are brothers who have allegedly conducted attacks on Iraqi and Coalition Forces, while the third, a woman, is suspected of holding JAM splinter group meetings at her house.
Members of the Iraqi ERU Coalition Forces raided two residences in the northwestern neighborhood of Baghdad. At one location, Iraqi and Coalition Forces detained the female suspect, while another team detained the two brothers at the second house.
The primary targets of this operation are allegedly responsible for conducting kidnappings and extrajudicial killings against Iraqi citizens. They have also allegedly been involved in attacks against Iraqi and Coalition Forces.
Iraqi Army and Coalition Forces detain former official allegedly linked to Al Qaeda
BAGHDAD – Soldiers from the 5th Division of the Iraqi Army, with U.S. Special Operations Forces as advisors, detained a former mayor and current city council member in As-Sadiyah, July 20.
Iraqi and Coalition Forces raided a residence in as-Sadiyah near Diyala Province and detained their primary target without incident.
Intelligence reports indicate the detainee is linked to Al Qaeda in Iraq and the New Baath Party and is linked to kidnappings, murders and extortion in Diyala Province in order to exert pressure and influence on local sheiks.
The suspect was reportedly involved in a vehicle borne improvised explosive device attack in the Zargoush village in As Sadiyah that killed 19 civilians. Reports indicate that he openly discredits the Government of Iraq and its efforts to bring stability in the region.
18 suspected terrorists detained near Baghdad mosque
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraqi and Coalition Forces detained 18 suspected terrorists during an operation Saturday targeting al-Qaeda in Iraq operatives near the Um al-Qura mosque in the Kadhimiyah neighborhood in Baghdad.
In a pre-dawn operation based on credible intelligence, Iraqi and Coalition Forces arrived at the Um al-Qura mosque complex to capture a suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq member believed to be operating a terrorist media cell. The Iraqi and Coalition Forces negotiated with gate guards, who allowed the ground forces access to the compound. Some guards told Iraqi and Coalition Forces they thought the ground forces had arrived because of all the al-Qaeda members in the compound.
Neither Iraqi nor Coalition Forces entered the mosque itself.
The ground forces surrounded several outer buildings in the compound and secured them, capturing the targeted individual and 17 other suspected terrorists. During the operation, Iraqi and Coalition Forces found extremist propaganda and media materials.
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition Forces detained 14 suspected terrorists during operations targeting al-Qaeda in Iraq networks in central and western Iraq Saturday.
North of Taji, Coalition Forces captured a suspected terrorist and three of his associates believed to facilitate the movement of al-Qaeda in Iraq senior leaders.
During coordinated raids north of Fallujah, Coalition Forces detained five individuals allegedly tied to a senior al-Qaeda in Iraq figure in the Ramadi area who has orchestrated suicide and conventional attacks.
Coalition Forces detained five suspected terrorists northeast of Balad during a raid targeting operatives in a Samarra-area network facilitating the movement of foreigners who participate in terrorist attacks.
IA, CF Soldiers discover “several tons” of explosives outside Mosul
TIKRIT, Iraq – Iraqi Army soldiers from the 2nd Iraqi Army Division and Soldiers from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division discovered several tons of explosives and propellant during a morning raid in an isolated area located on the western outskirts of Mosul July 19.
The cache was found in three large containers and an abandoned bus hulk in a quarry that also contained improvised explosive device-making material.
Iraqi and Coalition explosive ordnance disposal experts were called to the site but determined that it would be best reduced by using a Coalition air strike.
Coalition aircraft destroyed all three containers, the bus, and their contents with no injury or damage to civilian structures.
