MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ
COMBINED PRESS INFORMATION CENTER
Release A070603a
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition Forces detained seven suspected terrorists in overnight raids targeting the al-Qaeda in Iraq network in the Mosul and Taji areas.
Two coordinated operations targeted four brothers in Mosul who are suspected of heading and staffing a terrorist cell associated with al-Qaeda in Iraq. Coalition Forces detained five suspected terrorists in the raids, including two of the brothers, one of whom allegedly leads a group responsible for attacks on Coalition Forces.
During the operation, Coalition Forces found a vehicle rigged as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device. A team of explosives experts safely destroyed the VBIED on site.
Coalition Forces raided a suspected al-Qaeda safe house west of Taji and detained two suspected terrorists there. One of the individuals allegedly works directly for an al-Qaeda military emir who coordinates all military operations in the Southern Belt and provides foreign fighters to al-Qaeda cells in Baghdad.
“These terrorists have no place in the future of Iraq, and we will continue to hunt them down,” said Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, MNF-I spokesperson.
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