Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070903-11
September 3, 2007

Iraqi Forces, U.S. Special Forces detain militant extremist leader, ten others
Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO

BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces detained a militant extremist leader and one of his subordinate leaders during an early morning intelligence-driven raid Sept. 2 in southern Babil Province.

The suspected terrorist is directly involved in the majority of terrorist acts in Hillah and mortar attacks on Coalition bases and the Regional Embassy Office.  Iraqi citizens have reported that he leads militias to assassinate locals and has recruited a sniper with training in Iran to target Iraqi Police and Iraqi Army Soldiers.
 
Scouts from the 6th Iraqi Army conducted a second operation in Baghdad detaining a suspected extremist cell leader and one cell member.  The suspected cell leader heads an explosively formed projectile cell and is believed to be responsible for an Aug. 14 EFP attack against Coalition Forces and two direct fire attacks against a Coalition base in the Baghdad area July 31 and Aug. 18.  

In an earlier operation Iraqi Special Operations Forces detained a suspected extremist militant leader and one subordinate during a raid Sept. 1 in Nasiriyah.

The detained insurgents are members of a militant suspected for conducting attacks against U.S. bases in Iraq as well as ambushing and killing several Iraqi Army Soldiers in the area.  In addition to seizing three AK-47 assault rifles and a pistol, five other suspected insurgents were detained.

No Iraqi or U.S. Special Forces advisers were injured during these operations.
 

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