During an operation west of Abu Ghurayb, Coalition forces targeted an alleged associate of several senior terrorist leaders in Kirkuk. Reports also indicate the targeted individual has information about foreign terrorists in the area. As the ground force secured the target, several men, one of whom was armed, maneuvered toward Coalition forces. The suspected terrorists did not comply with the ground force’s instructions and warnings. The armed men continued to maneuver toward Coalition forces, and perceiving hostile intent, the ground force engaged with small arms fire, killing three terrorists. Coalition forces detained two suspects on site.
In Mosul, Coalition forces captured a wanted individual during an operation to disrupt al-Qaeda in Iraq operations. The wanted individual is believed to be a leader associated with car-bombing attacks in Baghdad. The wanted individual’s wife identified him to Coalition forces, and he was subsequently detained.
In other operations along the Tigris River Valley, Coalition forces detained six suspects believed to be associated with senior terrorist leaders, foreign terrorists, weapons procurement and al-Qaeda in Iraq media activities.
The key paragraph is the statements by Major Winfield Danielson as he describes what most of the left refuse to believe:
“Foreign terrorists are responsible for more than 90 percent of suicide bombings in Iraq, and we are relentlessly targeting Al-Qaeda’s foreign terrorist networks,” said Maj. Winfield Danielson, MNF-I spokesperson. “Increasingly, Iraqi citizens are helping us find these networks and Iraqi security forces are taking the lead in dismantling them.”
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