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Press Release A080927a-100
Sept. 27, 2008

Coalition forces catch five Kata’ib Hezbollah suspects in New Baghdad

BAGHDAD – Coalition forces apprehended five members of the Kata'ib Hezbollah network Saturday morning in new Baghdad.

Acting on intelligence information, Coalition forces targeted suspected criminals linked to recent rocket attacks against Iraqi Security and Coalition forces.  Kata'ib Hezbollah funnels weapons and materiel into Iraq from Iran, which is then used to conduct attacks against Iraqi Security and Coalition forces.

Coalition members captured the five suspects in three separate locations without incident.  Coalition forces have captured more than 30 Kata'ib Hezbollah criminals in the last two months.
 
Kata'ib Hezbollah is assessed to be a proxy of Iran, and its members are believed to employ improvised rocket assisted mortars as well as explosively formed penetrators in civilian areas.

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