Coalition forces detain a dozen al-Qaeda in Iraq suspects
By MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ
May 10, 2008 - 11:18:32 AM
Blackanthem Military News
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Coalition forces detained 12 suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorists during operations targeting the terrorist network in central and northern Iraq today.
Coalition forces captured a wanted man and one additional suspected terrorist during an operation in Baghdad. The wanted man is believed to be an associate of an al-Qaeda in Iraq - or AQI - senior leader in the Northern Belt around the city.
Targeting the AQI network in the Abu Ghraib area, 25 miles west of Baghdad, Coalition forces used information from an operation April 20 to detain three suspected terrorists.
Iraqi and Coalition forces detained three suspected terrorists in Kirkuk during an operation targeting an AQI leader who operates in the Tigris River Valley.
Coalition forces used information gained from an operation April 24 to target an AQI liaison believed to be working with terrorists planning suicide car bombings. Coalition forces detained four suspected terrorists during the operation east of Bayji, about 100 miles south of Mosul.
"Coalition forces are working with the Iraqis to rid their country of violent, lawless terrorists," said Lt. Col. Maura Gillen, MNF-I spokeswoman. "The people of Iraq have rejected al-Qaeda’s brutal extremism."