Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070828-03
August 28, 2007

Iraqi Army Scouts, U.S. Special Forces detain suspected terrorist assassin
Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO

BAGHDAD – Iraqi Army Scouts, with U.S. Special Forces as advisers, conducted an operation Aug. 27 near Tikrit, detaining a suspected terrorist cell leader believed to be responsible for kidnappings, assassinations and brutal attacks in the area.  
 
The alleged cell leader is suspected of advising senior terrorist leaders in the Heychel District.  He is also believed to be responsible for the May 13, 2007 suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack on the Kurdish political Headquarters in Makmoor, the Feb. 13, 2005 attack that killed three Iraqi National Guard Soldiers, the June 16, 2004 assassination of a sheik in northern Heychel and the May 14, 2004 assassination of the Governor of Ninewa Province.    
 
During the operation, in Mashat Village, Iraqi Army members identified enemy fire originating from the rooftops of nearby buildings.  The forces engaged the enemy with well-aimed, proportionate fire, deterring the threat. 
 
Wiring materials, electronic switches, CD’s and other electronic equipment were seized.

No Iraqi or U.S. forces were injured in the operation.

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