IRAQI SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES DETAIN INSURGENT LEADER IN SADR CITY
BAGHDAD - Iraqi Special Operations Forces conducted an early morning operation June 20 and detained a key insurgent leader in Sadr City. This individual is allegedly responsible for coordinating and conducting kidnappings, death squad killings and improvised explosive device attacks against innocent civilians and Iraqi and Coalition Forces.
(Media-Newswire.com) - BAGHDAD - Iraqi Special Operations Forces conducted an early morning operation June 20 and detained a key insurgent leader in Sadr City.
This individual is allegedly responsible for coordinating and conducting kidnappings, death squad killings and improvised explosive device attacks against innocent civilians and Iraqi and Coalition Forces.
During the operation, Iraqi Special Operations Forces detained their primary suspect without incident. Iraqi SOF also detained two other suspicious individuals who were present during the operation.
The primary suspect is allegedly responsible for supplying vehicles, identification materials, and uniforms to support insurgent activities such as the kidnappings and extra-judicial killing of Iraqi citizens. He is also alleged to have received new technologies to upgrade improvised explosive devices that would be used to target Iraqi and Coalition Forces.
Coalition Forces served as advisors during the operations. No Iraqi or Coalition Forces members were injured during the operation.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT MULTI-NATIONAL CORPS - IRAQ, PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE BY E-MAIL AT MNCI-PAO-VICTORYMAINJOC@IRAQ.CENTCOM.MIL
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