Wednesday, July 12, 2006

IRAQI FORCE RAID NETS TERRORIST CELL LEADER

Release Date: 7/12/2006

Release Number: 06-07-01P

Description: BAGHDAD – Iraqi forces conducted an early-morning raid July 10 west of Baghdad and captured a local terrorist cell leader.
Iraqi Army forces raided three separate objectives outside of Abu Ghayrab, capturing the cell leader and one other individual inside a house without incident while Coalition Force advisers looked on.

This cell leader is responsible for emplacing improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, along with training others to use IEDs, vehicle-borne IEDs, and rocket propelled grenades.
Iraqi forces also seized one AK-47 assault rifle on the objective.

No Iraqi or Coalition forces were injured during this operation.