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Press Release A080621a – 225
June 21, 2008

Operations target Baghdad bombing networks

BAGHDAD – Coalition forces detained 25 suspected terrorists, including two men wanted for their ties to Baghdad bombing networks, during operations Friday and Saturday targeting al-Qaeda around Iraq.

Coalition forces captured two men wanted in connection to car bombing networks and seven alleged associates in Baghdad and Taji. One of the wanted men is also believed to share his bombing expertise with several terrorist cells. Coalition forces detained an additional suspected terrorist while targeting associates of AQI senior leaders in the Southern Belt around Baghdad

An operation in Baqouba Friday that resulted in the capture of a wanted man and one associate led Coalition forces to additional operations Saturday. They detained another eight suspected terrorists for their alleged ties to al-Qaeda in Iraq leaders who travel through the area, about 40 kilometers north of Baghdad.

In Mosul, Coalition forces continued to pressure AQI and detained two suspects while targeting a terrorist leader who oversees the network’s finances. About 60 kilometers west of the city near Tal Afar, three suspected terrorists were detained during operations to disrupt the foreign terrorist facilitation network.

“Coalition forces continue to help the citizens of Iraq by ridding Iraqi neighborhoods of bomb makers and financers of terrorism,” said Maj. John Hall, MNF-I spokesman. 

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