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Two Suspected Secret Cell Terrorists Detained by Coalition Forces


Thursday, 12 July 2007
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July 12, 2007
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Two Suspected Secret Cell Terrorists Detained by Coalition Forces

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition Forces detained two suspected Secret Cell terrorists before dawn on Thursday in Baghdad. It is believed that the terrorists are members of the Special Groups affiliated with Jaysh al-Mahdi, the terror group active in Baghdad and believed to be responsible for numerous attacks on Iraqi civilians as well as Coalition Forces in Baghdad.

Coalition Forces conducted the raid to capture or kill terrorists who allegedly specialize in kidnapping, killing and building and placing improvised explosive devices. Intelligence reports indicate that the suspected terrorists targeted during the raid are associated with key leaders in the secret cell terrorist network and have ties to Iranian terrorists groups. Coalition Forces also confiscated AK-47s and pistols from the suspected terrorists.

During the operation, terrorists fired upon Coalition Forces with a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) and hit a house causing undetermined damage. Coalition Forces engaged the RPG team, who fled the area. There were no known casualties from the RPG attack.
“Coalition troops will continue to target the terrorists who create fear and chaos in Iraq by killing innocent Iraqis and targeting Coalition Forces,” said Maj. Marc Young, an MNF-I spokesperson. “We remain committed to stopping the Iranian influence which serves to terrorize and destabilize Iraq.”

Multi-National Force - Iraq - Two Suspected Secret Cell Terrorists Detained by Coalition Forces

2 captured during Operation Geronimo Strike III

Thursday, 12 July 2007
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070712-03
July 12, 2007

2 captured during Operation Geronimo Strike III
4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division
Multi-National Division – Center PAO


KALSU, Iraq — Paratroopers from Strike Force Geronimo detained two suspected Al Qaeda insurgents during an air assault and raid July 10 northwest of Iskandariyah.

Paratroopers from Company A, 3rd Battalion, 509th Airborne, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division conducted Operation Geronimo Strike III in order to capture members of an Al Qaeda cell wanted in connection with the kidnapping of three American Soldiers and other attacks against Iraqi and Coalition Forces.

“Tonight, we conducted an air assault into the Jurf As Sukr area looking for two high level targets, some of the guys involved in the missing Soldiers incident,” said Capt. Matthew Gregory, commander of Co. A and a Charlotte, N.C. native. “This is an area that coalition forces had not been to in a little while. This shows them we have the ability to get in places they thought they were safe and get them where they live.”

In addition to capturing the cell members, the operation netted two AK-47 assault rifles, eight fully loaded magazines, two hand grenades and a ski mask.

“Going after the worst of the worst is what Operation Geronimo Strike was designed to do,” said 1st Lt. John Lafferty, a platoon leader with Co. A, from Valdese, N.C. “There are guys who are on the fence, and when they hear we’re capturing their leadership, we have a better chance of stabilizing the government and legitimizing the security forces here.”

The insurgents are being held for further questioning.

The weapons and ammunition was confiscated for use in the investigation.

Multi-National Force - Iraq - 2 captured during Operation Geronimo Strike III

ISF, Coalition Forces conduct operations to bring security to Ad Diwaniyah

Thursday, 12 July 2007

Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070712-05
July 12, 2007

ISF, Coalition Forces conduct operations to bring security to Ad Diwaniyah
Multi-National Division – Central South PAO

BAGHDAD - Iraqi Security Forces and Coalition Forces conducted combat operations July 10 and 11 in the city of Ad Diwaniyah with the aim of improving the security situation in the local area and detaining extremists.

During the operations four suspected insurgents were detained, eight were killed and 30 were wounded.

Maj. Gen. Pawel Lamla, Multi-National Division-Center South commander, said, “This operation is aimed to restore order in Ad Diwaniyah. The citizens of Ad Diwaniyah fully support this kind of operation.”

Multi-National Force - Iraq - ISF, Coalition Forces conduct operations to bring security to Ad Diwaniyah

Safe haven disrupted, Iraqi Forces detain ten

Thursday, 12 July 2007

Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070712-06
July 12, 2007

Safe haven disrupted, Iraqi Forces detain ten
Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO

TAJI, Iraq – Iraqi Army and Iraqi Police Forces lead an intelligence driven raid in Muqdadiyah July 10 that led to the detainment of ten targeted suspected terrorists allegedly linked and responsible for providing a safe haven to al-Qaeda in Iraq.

The capture and detainment of these suspected terrorists will continue to disrupt efforts to control the area while providing an opportunity for tribal leadership to operate and secure their region.

Advised by Coalition Forces, Iraqi Forces seized four weapons, material for making improvised explosive devices, a grenade, and various documents. Iraqi Forces also identified and destroyed several anti-tank mines and mortar rounds during a controlled detonation.

No Iraqi or Coalition Forces members were injured during this operation.

Multi-National Force - Iraq - Safe haven disrupted, Iraqi Forces detain ten

MND-B aircrews destroy homemade explosive factory, cache


Friday, 13 July 2007

Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070713-08
July 13, 2007

MND-B aircrews destroy homemade explosive factory, cache
By Sgt. 1st Class Rick Emert
1st ACB, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO


CAMP TAJI, Iraq — Multi-National Division-Baghdad attack helicopter crews destroyed a homemade explosive factory and cache July 12 northwest of Baghdad.

An AH-64D Apache team from 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, first observed two buildings that appeared to be part of an HME factory during a reconnaissance mission July 5.

An air assault was planned to establish whether the buildings were used to manufacture the explosive, frequently used by terrorists in roadside and car bombs.

The air assault, Operation Eagles, launched at approximately 2 a.m. July 12, with two UH-60 Black Hawks from 3rd “Spearhead” Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, transporting Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cav. Div. to the potential HME site.

The 1-37th FA Soldiers were inserted near the site and confirmed that the buildings were used to manufacture explosives. The Soldiers also found an anti-aircraft weapon in the buildings and two trailers and eight vehicles at the site.

After getting clearance from the ground forces, the Apache helicopter crews fired on the buildings, destroying them and the anti-aircraft weapon system. The Apaches also destroyed the two trailers and fired on the vehicles.

Multi-National Force - Iraq - MND-B aircrews destroy homemade explosive factory, cache

Dragons’ Operation ‘Hammers’ enemy



Friday, 13 July 2007
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070713-07
July 13, 2007

Dragons’ Operation ‘Hammers’ enemy
4th IBCT, 1st Inf. Div. Public Affairs
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD — Multi-National Division - Baghdad troops detained more than 100 suspected insurgents and seized more than 200 weapons caches during Operation Dragon Hammer in the Rashid District of the Iraqi capital July 1 -11.

The operation, launched by the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team “Dragons,” 1st Infantry Division, was aimed at rooting out suspected terrorists; interdicting their supplies; and helping the elected Iraqi government secure the southern Baghdad district.

Between July 1-11, 101 suspects were detained, including suspected leaders of Al Qaeda in Iraq and rogue elements of Jayesh Al Mahdi. One suspect, believed to be an Al Qaeda cell leader, was killed July 9.

During this time, Dragon Brigade Soldiers located 237 weapons caches which included two intact explosively formed penetrator devices, one complete 120mm mortar system, 37 mortar rounds and various other IED-making materials; and numerous small arms and small arms ammunition

On July 11, alone, 11 suspected Al Qaeda members were detained in the Massafee area during a targeted raid. Soldiers from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, attached to the 4th IBCT, launched the raid to capture suspected terrorists in order to disrupt Al Qaeda activities in the area.


Multi-National Force - Iraq - Dragons’ Operation ‘Hammers’ enemy

Killing 127 armed terrorists and the arrest of 243 in two days
(Voice of Iraq) - 13-07-2007


Baghdad - "European", news agencies : the American army confirmed the killing of one of its soldiers east of Baghdad, without further details, while a source at the Interior Ministry said that 19 Iraqis were killed yesterday, a Shiite army bullets after the American raid on a number of houses in Al-Secretary southeast Iraqi capital, the source said : The American forces raided a number of houses in Al-Secretary of the Shiite majority, where armed clashes took place resulted in the deaths of 19 Shiite and the injury of others • On his part, the spokesman for the Alliance wing Hammoud : that the forces of the prosecution yesterday, a number of lawless elements and terrorists in the Al-Amin and killed 19 of them, As others fled, while medical sources reported that at least 13 people were killed during clashes between the Mahdi Army and the American east Baghdad. has announced that Reuters photographer Namir Noor Din and his driver were killed Jmag Said Down missile Aukdeveh on a minibus carrying Sibwa wounded in clashes Secretary neighborhood, A security source stated that three people were killed, including a woman and a girl were killed and nine others, including three women fall of a Katyusha rocket at a residential building in Al-Secretary same •
In Karbala, police said : The Mushlin stopped a car carrying six people, including 5 of the same family and shot them in the north-west of al-Thawra City, killing four and injuring two seriously injured, the source emphasized not know the motives behind this operation.
In Tall Afar, police said : The bomber detonated a belt of explosives during a wedding ceremony in Central invitees wreaking 7 dead, 4 wounded •
On the other hand, the American army announced the arrest of two suspected Al-Qaida involvement in the kidnapping of the three soldiers missing dug rock West Alexandria last May, in addition to other attacks, in the context police announced that two citizens were killed, , and 8 others in the preliminary outcome of a suicide bombing belt regret yesterday targeted a group of volunteers in the ranks of police south of the town of Fallujah • On the other hand, Iraqi forces have arrested Arshad Khodeir Mas'udi Husseinieh area north of Karbala, who is responsible for car bombings targeted Karbala late last April and took a no fewer than 110 killed •
In another development, a military spokesman said : an American air raid that killed five militiamen from Sadr had their bomb on the sidewalk in the city of Diwaniyah yesterday, and the same source said five civilians were in the vicinity at that time too. Killed in relation to, the American army confirmed the arrest of a 19-Qaida network through a series of targeted raids in Mosul and Baghdad and the country of central and southern Iraq at dawn yesterday •
The statement said : that the coalition forces conducted a raid yesterday in Baghdad and arrested a member b-Qaida in Iraq believed that an engineer in the field of electronics is an expert in manufacturing bombs, and intelligence reports to indicate that he was a candidate for the post of "terrorist leadership abroad." She in the meantime, The Iraqi army killed 20 terrorists and arrested 145 suspects during four hours and twenty years. "She
For its part, the Association of Muslim Scholars confirmed that Iraqi and American forces yesterday launched a campaign of arrests and large-scale assistance gunmen in the Amiriyah neighborhood west of the capital Baghdad, and detained a number of large, including children and youth, The Iraqi security forces have announced the deaths of 63 terrorists and arrested some 80 in Baghdad, Mosul, Tikrit, Baquba, Ramadi and Kirkuk yesterday.

Iraqi citizen leads Soldiers to caches in known terrorist safe haven


Friday, 13 July 2007
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070713-14
July 13, 2007

Iraqi citizen leads Soldiers to caches in known terrorist safe haven
2nd BCT, 10th Mtn. Div. (LI) PAO
Multi-National Division – Center PAO

QARGHULI VILLAGE, Iraq — An Iraqi citizen who has been working with Coalition Forces during the past week led them to two caches in Qarghuli Village, Iraq, a known terrorist safe haven.

The local resident accompanied Soldiers of the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment “Polar Bears,” 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) out of Fort Drum, N.Y., on a dismounted patrol in the village July 12 and led them to two caches.

The caches consisted of a rack system, a video camera, a 61mm fuze, a spool of command wire used to make improvised explosive devices, 44 Dragonov sniper rounds and a 155mm round.

During the past few days the Iraqi residents have led the Polar Bears to more than 14 caches in the village.

“The people of Qarghuli Village coming forward to help the Iraqi and Coalition Forces is a positive sign that they are willing to take more responsibility in their own security,” said Maj. Kenny Mintz, the 2nd BCT operations officer and native of San Diego. “They are taking steps that they have never taken before.”

The contents of the cache were destroyed during a controlled detonation conducted by members of the explosive ordnance team.

Multi-National Force - Iraq - Iraqi citizen leads Soldiers to caches in known terrorist safe haven

13th MEU finds 50,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate


Friday, 13 July 2007
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070713-13
July 13, 2007

13th MEU finds 50,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate
Multi National Force – West

CAMP AL TAQADDUM, Iraq – Marines from Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, discovered 500, one hundred-pound bags of ammonium nitrate July 11.

Marines stopped two 18-wheel tractor trailers while conducting a vehicle check point north of Karmah. The ammonium nitrate, a common ingredient in improvised explosive devices, was found during a search of the vehicles.

Marines are currently conducting operations north of Fallujah and Karmah to search for weapons caches and to deny enemy activities throughout the area.

Multi-National Force - Iraq - 13th MEU finds 50,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate

Iraqi Forces detain sniper cell leader in Bayji

Friday, 13 July 2007
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070713-16
July 13, 2007

Iraqi Forces detain sniper cell leader in Bayji
Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO

BAYJI, Iraq – Elements of the 4th Iraqi Army Brigade detained the leader of a terrorist sniper cell in Bayji during an intelligence driven operation in Bayji July 12. The targeted individual is allegedly responsible for leading attacks against Iraqi and Coalition Forces, including attacks against the joint security site in downtown Bayji.

Two other individuals were also detained during the operation. One other member of this cell had been previously captured last month. Iraqi Forces, with U.S. Special Operations Forces as advisors, also confiscated an AK-47 rifle, ammunition and computer equipment.

No Iraqi or Coalition Forces were injured during either operation.

Multi-National Force - Iraq - Iraqi Forces detain sniper cell leader in Bayji