MNFI Press Release - Apr 25

ALLEGED BOMBING CELL LEADER, 12 OTHERS DETAINED
Coalition Forces detained more than a dozen suspected terrorists during operations targeting al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) Friday, including four wanted individuals. Coalition Forces captured two wanted men, one of whom is allegedly the leader of a large bombing cell, during a raid south of Bayji targeting a network that spans Salah ad Din province. The other wanted man is believed to be a key distributor of explosives used against Sons of Iraq (SOI) groups, Iraqi Security Forces and Coalition Forces. A cache of weapons and ammunition was discovered and safely destroyed on site. Four additional suspected terrorists were detained.

Coalition Forces continued to corral members of the AQI propaganda network, detaining a wanted man in Baghdad who is believed to conspire directly with terrorist leaders. Using information acquired during an operation on April 21st, Coalition Forces captured an alleged go-between for AQI senior leaders in Mosul.

In Samarra, Coalition Forces conducted two operations targeting AQI leaders in the area and detained four suspected terrorists. Coalition Forces also descended on an alleged foreign terrorist bed-down location northeast of Khalis and detained one suspected terrorist believed to be involved in AQI's facilitation network.