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VBIED networks disrupted; 4 terrorists killed, 9 suspects detained |
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Thursday, 10 May 2007 |
MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ
COMBINED PRESS INFORMATION CENTER
BAGHDAD, Iraq
http://www.mnf-iraq.com
703.270.0320 / 0299
May 11, 2007
Release A070511b
VBIED networks disrupted; 4 terrorists killed, 9 suspects detained
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Four terrorists were killed and nine suspected terrorists detained during Coalition Forces raids Thursday and Friday targeting vehicle-borne improvised explosive device networks in Iraq.
Coalition Forces killed four terrorists and detained two suspected terrorists in an operation Friday morning near Taji that targeted a VBIED cell responsible for attacks on Iraqi civilians and Coalition Forces.
Coalition Forces targeted a building based on intelligence built on previous successful missions Apr. 14 and May 6. As they approached the objective, four armed men engaged the ground force with small arms fire. Coalition Forces, using appropriate self-defense measures in response to the hostile threat, returned fire, killing the armed men.
One of the individuals killed is a suspected VBIED cell leader and allegedly tied to al-Qaeda in Iraq senior leadership. The two detainees also have alleged ties to al-Qaeda in Iraq.
Coalition Forces targeted an individual suspected of running a deadly VBIED cell in Baghdad during a raid Friday morning. The individual is also allegedly responsible for facilitating the movement and supply of foreign fighters, murders, and attacks against Coalition Forces.
Four suspected terrorists were detained Thursday afternoon in a Coalition Forces operation targeting a network that supplies materials used in the production of IEDs in Baghdad. Coalition Forces detained two suspected terrorists in separate raids Friday morning targeting a VBIED network in Mosul.
“We continue to dismantle the al Qaeda in Iraq VBIED networks to stop their indiscriminate killing of the Iraqi people and the security forces that protect them,” said Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, MNF-I spokesperson.
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