Posted on 10/25/2006 10:56:53 PM PDT by SandRat
BAGHDAD, Oct. 25, 2006 – Special Iraqi army forces, aided by coalition advisors, captured a death squad leader and three people believed to have been involved in the kidnapping of a U.S. soldier in separate raids in the Iraqi capital’s Sadr City neighborhood, military officials reported.
Officials said Iraqi and coalition forces had credible intelligence on the location of an insurgent leader personally involved in and directing widespread death squad activity for numerous murder cells in eastern Baghdad. The ground assault force also planned to act on credible intelligence indicating that criminals involved in the kidnapping of a U.S. soldier were located in a Sadr City mosque.
Iraqi forces quickly secured the insurgent’s home in Sadr City and detained 10 suspected death squad members. The assault force suppressed enemy small-arms fire, and a supporting coalition aircraft neutralized enemy rocket-propelled grenade fire. Ten enemy fighters were killed and two were wounded, officials said.
The ground assault force left the site of the first raid and moved through Sadr City to the mosque where the kidnapping suspects were believed to be located. Iraqi forces secured the mosque, entered it, and detained three suspects for further questioning.
No Iraqi or coalition forces were reported injured. Hostile conditions prevented an assessment of civilian casualties, officials said.
(From a Multinational Corps Iraq news release.)
Get the "rack" warmed up. Time to put it to use.
Surely not!, get him a lawyer, and a nice warm bed in the meantime..
TANKS,,Rat,,Hope they get sadr,,soon...
GOOD! And I think there's stuff going on this morning, too.
How close to you?
By all means. The lawyer can be a witness to his "stretch and flex" and the nice warm bed could be a coffin.
Let's hope there's not much left of that dirt bag when they do get him.
This is the third reported action against Sadr's forces in as many days. He is the biggest problem at the moment and it looks to me like we've decided to act and pushed Maliki into approving these raids.
Great!!..I pray they will keep going after them.
Sounds like they had to fight their way in and out again. Otherwise there wouldn't have been any "hostile conditions" after the event.
Roger-That,,,,DNA is OK...
Any word on what U.S. units have been involved with the latest activities?
Hey,,,That makes it a very "Good" Morning...;0)
Just hearing a lot of air activity this morning. Haven't heard any of those Sadr City noises yet today. Heard some yesterday.
Hiya, CM!
Hi,,Sweetie,,,They been "Rockin'The Kazz-Bah" I hope.?.;0)
Yesterday, they launched seven mortars and a rocket. Today, we've heard two.
Their aim sucks.
Thank God.
ping
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