Centcom Press Release - May 10

IRAQI TROOPS CAPTURE MID-LEVEL AQI LEADER, 6 OTHERS
Soldiers with the 5th Iraqi Army Division and a Muqdadiyah Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team, advised by U.S. Special Forces, detained a mid-level al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) leader and detained six other suspected terrorists in an operation in As Sa’diya, approximately 55 miles northeast of Baghdad on May 3rd. Iraqi Security Forces conducted the operation to detain the leader and disrupt the operations of an As Sa’diya-based AQI organization. The AQI group leader is suspected of managing AQI finances in the area and providing a safe haven for foreign fighters in the Hamrin Mountains. His group is also believed to be responsible kidnapping Iraqi citizens and attacking ISF with improvised explosive devices (IEDs).