MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ
COMBINED PRESS INFORMATION CENTER
Release A070502a
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition Forces detained 12 suspected terrorists Wednesday during overnight raids targeting al-Qaeda senior leaders and an improvised explosive device network in Baghdad.
In Anbar province, Coalition Forces followed intelligence leads to several buildings believed to be beddown sites of senior al-Qaeda in Iraq members. When Coalition Forces cleared and searched the buildings, they detained 10 individuals suspected of working with al-Qaeda.
Coalition Forces also detained two individuals in Baghdad suspected of operating an IED cell there.
“We’re steadily dismantling the al-Qaeda network, including the IED network that has been so deadly to the Iraqi people,” said Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, MNF-I spokesperson.
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