Good News From The War On Terror 8/3-4
Coalition Forces detain 17 suspected terrorists
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition Forces detained 17 suspected terrorists during raids targeting al-Qaeda in Iraq operations in the Tigris River Valley Friday.
In Mosul, Coalition Forces captured an alleged terrorist cell leader and four suspected associates. The targeted individual is believed to be involved in sniper and suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attacks against Iraqi and Coalition Forces.
During a precision raid in Baghdad, Coalition Forces captured an al-Qaeda in Iraq operative allegedly involved in weapons trafficking and supplying terrorist groups with IED materials. One other suspected terrorist was detained during the operation.
Coalition Forces raided four buildings during coordinated operations in Bayji targeting al-Qaeda in Iraq cell leaders there. The ground forces detained six suspected terrorists for their alleged ties to a sniper team leader and terrorist cell known to attack Coalition Forces.
Coalition Forces continued to target al-Qaeda in Iraq operations in Tarmiyah with an operation focused on terrorist senior leaders. The ground forces detained four individuals with suspected ties to an al-Qaeda in Iraq emir responsible for administering Shari’a law in the northern belt around Baghdad.
Coalition Forces Kill Four Suspected Secret Cell Terrorists, Detain Eighteen
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition Forces conducted a raid to capture or kill suspected Special Groups Cell operatives in Qasirin before dawn on Saturday. The Special Groups operatives are suspected of coordinating logistical support from Iran for rogue Jaysh al Mahdi elements and Special Groups operating in Iraq. The captured Special Groups operatives are also believed to have been involved in improvised explosive device attacks and explosively formed penetrator attacks against Coalition Forces.
Coalition Forces conducted a complex, multi-faceted operation, killing four armed terrorists when they began to maneuver against ground troops. During the engagement, Coalition Forces employed a fixed-wing close air support aircraft to destroy a weapons cache. Coalition Forces also destroyed six cars that were being used by the suspected terrorists. There were no Coalition Forces casualties during the operation.
Coalition raids nab 33 suspected terrorists
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition Forces detained 33 suspected terrorists during operations Saturday targeting al-Qaeda in Iraq and its associates in Kirkuk and the Tigris River Valley.
In Mosul, Coalition Forces captured the alleged leader of a terrorist group responsible for placing improvised explosive devices. The ground forces detained a second individual for his ties to the group, which is linked to al-Qaeda in Iraq.
During a raid on several buildings west of Tarmiyah, Coalition Forces detained 20 suspected terrorists for their association with the alleged al-Qaeda in Iraq emir of the northern belts around Baghdad. Intelligence reports indicate the terrorist leader’s network is responsible for extortion, kidnappings, training female suicide bombers and vehicle-borne IED attacks using chlorine. One of the detainees led Coalition Forces to a nearby cache of IED and bomb-making materials, which an explosives team safely destroyed.
Coalition Forces conducted coordinated raids in Baghdad and Tarmiyah targeting an al-Qaeda in Iraq emir believed to administer Shari’a law in the northern belts around Baghdad. The ground forces detained two suspected terrorists during the operation.
In Bayji, Coalition Forces conducted a precision raid targeting a sniper cell leader associated with an al-Qaeda in Iraq emir in the area. The ground forces detained four suspected terrorists associated with the alleged leader, who reportedly oversees 35 snipers.
Iraqi and Coalition Forces targeted an al-Qaeda in Iraq media emir believed to operate a media cell in Kirkuk. Three individuals were detained for their alleged association with the media cell. Iraqi and Coalition Forces detained two people during a nearby operation targeting an IED cell member believed to be part of the terrorist group responsible for the Jul. 16 vehicle-borne IED attacks in Kirkuk.
Air assault south of Baqouba destroys four VBIEDs
BAQOUBA, Iraq -- Soldiers attached to 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, located and destroyed four vehicles to be used as vehicle-borne improvised explosives devices during an air assault operation south of Baqouba, Iraq, that began August 1.
Soldiers from 1-12 Combined Arms Battalion located two vehicles laden with explosives while searching the area August 2. Later that afternoon, Soldiers found two vehicles that had wires and trigger mechanisms installed but had not yet been loaded with explosives.
The purpose of the two-day air assault, called Operation Wickersham, was to clear an area used by al-Qaeda in Iraq to launch mortars into Baqouba.
Soldiers from 1-12 CAB also located and destroyed seven IEDs and 12 caches containing weapons and IED-making material.
Iraqi Security Forces, U.S. Special Forces capture six in Mosul
TAJI – Iraqi Security forces detained six suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq operatives during an early-morning raid in eastern Mosul August 1.
Three of the detainees are believed to be responsible for small-arms fire, improvised explosive device and vehicle-borne IED attacks against U.S. and Iraqi Security Forces.
With U.S. Special Forces as advisors more than 200 security forces simultaneously raided multiple targets in the surprise attack against the suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorist leaders.
In addition to the detainees, the following items were seized: an AK-47 assault rifle, three AK-47 magazines, 31 cell phones, passports, film, passport photos, multiple forged Iraqi National Identification cards, a computer, miscellaneous photos and documents, IED initiation systems and multiple electronic schematics.
