Iraqi, Coalition Forces Capture Terrorist Leaders

You aren’t likely to hear this great news from the mainstream media, but our Coalition forces are finding increasing success, working with better-trained and -equipped Iraqi police and military. This new release is both interesting and encouraging! American Forces Press Service: Iraqi and coalition forces captured one terrorist leader and killed 16 suspected terrorists today. Ten more insurgents died in fighting yesterday. Coalition forces in Baghdad captured five suspected terrorists, including an alleged al Qaeda in Iraq emir whose organization includes a deadly car-bomb cell in the city, during two raids today. At one targeted location, coalition forces destroyed two vehicles used to transport explosives and personnel for the terrorist network.

An operation in Mosul killed one terrorist. . . . Abu Ahmad was the head of five terrorist cells in Mosul and was responsible for directing attacks against Iraqi and coalition forces, . . . . "The elimination of al Qaeda senior leaders will continue to disrupt terrorist operations in Baghdad and around the country," said Army Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, a Multinational Force iraq spokesman. "Without the obstructive influence of terrorists, the Iraqi people can determine their own future." . . .

In other news, troops seized several caches on June 13. Baghdad troops teamed up with a platoon of Iraqi national police to conduct a raid in the eastern Sadr City district. The troops discovered three complete 60 mm mortar systems, complete 82 mm and 120 mm mortar systems, four 120 mm mortar rounds, 32 60 mm mortar rounds, three 107 mm rockets, a rifle scope, two AK-47 rifles, two sets of body armor, and a variety of weapon manuals.

An air and ground assault . . . in Salman Pak on June 13. . . yielded two 107 mm rockets, homemade explosives, two AK-47 assault rifles, a bolt-action rifle, several propane tanks, copper wire, ammunition, magazines, and several assault vests. In another raid, Iraqi troops and Baghdad soldiers raided a weapons cache in the Yarmouk neighborhood. The cache contained 113 landmines, 63 grenades, three rockets, three mortars, two gas masks, five washing machine timers, more than 2,000 rounds of AK-47 ammunition, and seven boxes of various electronics and other assorted explosives. It is the largest weapons cache discovery by U.S. or Iraqi forces to date in the Yarmouk area, . . . [Read More]

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