Sunday, October 12, 2008

MNFI Press Release - Oct 12

COALITION REMOVES 12 SUSPECTS FROM AQI NETWORKS
Coalition forces detained 12 suspected terrorists, including three wanted men, during operations Saturday and Sunday targeting al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) networks throughout the country.

Coalition forces captured a wanted man believed to be an AQI courier during an operation south of Mosul on Saturday. The man is also assessed to have links to local AQI leaders. Forces also pursued AQI regional leaders during an operation in Mosul on Saturday and detained one suspect. Coalition forces operating in Bayji Saturday, about 160 km south of Mosul, targeted a wanted man assessed to be connected to the city’s car bomb network. One suspect believed to be an associate of the wanted man was detained during the operation. In Baghdad on Saturday, forces targeted the city’s AQI foreign terrorist facilitation networks. Two suspects were detained during the operation.

A Sunday operation in Baghdad netted a wanted man who intelligence reports suggest is connected to the city’s car bomb and foreign terrorist facilitator networks. Two additional suspects were also detained. Three suspects were detained on Sunday just north of Mosul during a Coalition force operation targeting a wanted man assessed to be an AQI weapons facilitator and repairman. Also on Sunday, Coalition forces operating in Mosul captured a wanted man who intelligence reports suggest has connections to regional AQI leaders and may be involved in the terrorist network’s media operations.

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