Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070809-05
August 9, 2007

Iraqi Security Forces, U.S. Special Forces capture five suspected Al-Qaeda terrorists; destroy VBIED weapons cache

Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO

TAJI, Iraq – Iraqi Security Forces, with U.S. Special Forces as advisers, captured five suspected al Qaeda in Iraq terrorists near the village of Ibrahim Sinjar during intelligence driven operations in western Iraq Aug. 7.
 
Information from local residents indicated that al Qaeda in Iraq used the village for meetings and storing weapons caches and medication. These suspected terrorists are believed to be involved in attacks against Iraqi Security Forces using improvised explosive devices.
 
During the operation, a house used by al Qaeda in Iraq to store explosives, stage attacks and facilitate operations, was destroyed. After moving residents to a safe distance, U. S. Special Forces destroyed the building.  In addition, weapons, ammunitions, and Iraqi and U.S currency at the site were seized.

In a second operation, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device cache was destroyed Aug. 6 in the village of Bi’ag, near Sinjar, Iraq.

Already in the area conducting vehicle inspections, the Iraqi and U.S. air-assault force noticed suspicious materials in the bed of a white truck that contained four individuals.  The forces stopped the vehicle, causing the four armed suspected terrorists to exit and run in opposite directions.  The assault force however secured the vehicle.

The vehicle contained five 120mm mortar rounds, one 120mm mortar system including the tripod and base plate, a rocket-propelled grenade, one PK general purpose machine gun with 1,000 rounds of associated ammunition, one improvised-three tube rocket launcher system, two cell phones and a video camera.

Using controlled proportional fire, the vehicle was destroyed in place.
 
No Iraqi or U.S. Forces were injured during either operation.

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