MNFI Press Release - Jun 13

ISOF CAPTURE SUSPECTED SPECIAL GROUPS CRIMINAL
Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) captured a suspected Special Groups criminal leader in Baghdad on June 12th. The ISOF conducted an operation to capture the suspected criminal allegedly responsible for kidnapping, interrogating, torturing and murdering Iraqi citizens. He is also suspected of conducting fake Iraqi Police checkpoints and ordering improvised explosive device (IED) attacks against Coalition forces. One additional suspect was detained during the operation.

AL-QAEDA 'BATTERED' BUT STILL 'LETHAL'
Although al-Qaida’s operations in Iraq have been battered, the terrorist organization remains a threat to be reckoned with, the U.S. military’s top officer said on June 12th. Al-Qaida is “on the run in Iraq,” Navy Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, noted at a Government Executive Magazine-hosted breakfast at the National Press Club. The terrorists, he said, are being pressured by U.S. and Iraqi security forces, as well as concerned citizens who want al-Qaida out of their country. However, al-Qaida remains a “lethal foe” of the United States, Mullen cautioned, noting the terrorist group hasn’t given up its intent to attack America again. Al-Qaida, he noted, even is “growing in some parts of the world,” such as the Horn of Africa region.