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Second Suspected Car Bomb Cell Leader Captured |
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Sunday, 25 March 2007 |
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Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070326-05
March 26, 2007
Second Suspected Car Bomb Cell Leader Captured
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD – A second suspected leader of an insurgent cell that specialized in car bombs was captured in Baghdad’s Adhamiyah Security District March 21.
Elements of A Co., 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division were conducting combat operations in Adhamiyah when they received actionable intelligence prompting them to stop a passing vehicle. The unit positively identified Haydar Rashid Nasir Al-Shammari Al-Jafar who is suspected to be the second in command of a prominent car bomb producing network in the Adhamiyah Security district.
The other two occupants were identified as Ahamed Hassan Niami and Hamid Selman Alawi who are likewise affiliated with the network.
It is estimated that since Nov. the car bombs from this cell have killed approximately 900 innocent Iraqi citizens; another 1,950 have been wounded.
This was the second insurgent cell leader captured by the 1-26th within twenty-four hours. By capturing leaders of this cell, coalition forces are able to further disrupt the network’s ability to conduct reconnaissance, film and conduct attacks in eastern Baghdad.
Following their capture, an already prepared vehicle laden with explosives was found close to where the cell leaders were taken into custody. Members of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division cordoned off the area and conducted a controlled detonation of the device.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION OR HIGH-RES PHOTOS, CONTACT MULTI-NATIONAL DIVISION – BAGHDAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER IN CHARGE, MAJOR STEVEN LAMB, AT
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) OR BY PHONE AT COMMERCIAL: (914) 822-8174, OR IRAQNA: 011-964-790-192-4675.
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