Coalition Forces Continue Destroying Al Qaeda In Iraq
MNFI
Sunday, 09 November 2008
BAGHDAD  During another round of devastating blows to al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) networks, Coalition forces captured 22 suspects Friday and Saturday throughout Iraq.
Coalition forces operating in the vicinity of Tikrit, about 160 km north of Baghdad, targeted terrorist networks in the TigrisRiver Valley Friday. One man believed to be associated with a local terrorist leader was detained for additional questioning.
Friday in Kirkuk, Coalition forces captured one wanted man believed to have ties with AQI leaders in the region. Four additional suspects were detained during the operation.
About 160 km south of Mosul in the village of Bayji, forces detained three men Friday assessed to have connections to a suspected terrorist associated with the city’s improvised explosive device networks.
AQI foreign terrorist facilitation networks were hit hard again Saturday. A suspected terrorist who reports suggest smuggles foreign terrorists and weapons into Iraq was captured by Coalition forces during an operation outside of Mosul. Two additional suspects were detained for further questioning.
Saturday, Coalition forces continued to pressure AQI car bomb and suicide bomber networks. In Al Yusifiyah, about 35 km southwest of Baghdad, Coalition forces targeted and captured a suspected terrorist believed to be associated with car bomb terrorists. Four additional suspects were detained during the operation.
Forces captured two suspected AQI operatives in Baghdad who are reportedly involved in the city’s suicide bomber operations. Three more suspects were also detained for further questioning.
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