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Press Release A071204c
December 4, 2007

Coalition forces detain two suspected criminal element members

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition forces detained two suspected criminals during operations early Saturday in the Khan Bani Said area, north of Baghdad.
 
The targeted individual was reportedly a significant explosively formed penetrator facilitator and trainer within Special Group criminal elements in the Khan Bani Said area and Baghdad. The suspected criminal was also reportedly an associate of several other senior-level criminal element leaders who were involved in attacks on Coalition forces.

Intelligence led ground forces to the target area where two suspected criminals were detained without incident. The identities of the two suspects, and whether or not one of them may be the targeted individual, are still being determined.

"We welcome al-Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr's cease-fire pledge and we are encouraged by those that honor it," said Cmdr. Scott Rye, MNF-I spokesman. "However, some criminal splinter groups are not honoring the cease-fire and they are a threat that must be removed."

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