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WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 2009 – Afghan and international forces detained a group of suspected insurgents, including a Taliban leader, in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province yesterday, military officials reported. The Taliban leader is believed to be responsible for financing suicide bombings and planting roadside bombs in the area. He also is linked to Taliban leadership outside of Afghanistan, officials said. The combined force targeted a compound near the village of Spin Kalacheh, southwest of Kandahar City, after intelligence indicated militant activity there. The force searched the compound without incident and detained the five suspects, including the wanted man who identified himself as...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Police in Orlando say a gunman has been apprehended after killing one person and injuring five others at a downtown office building where he was let go two years ago. Police Chief Val Demings says 40-year-old Jason Rodriguez surrendered to police at his mother's home after officers saw him through a window and asked him to come out.

<p>A senior officer who was playing golf Thursday near Fort Hood, Texas, told CNN he witnessed the arrest of one of the two surviving suspects of the shooting at the Army installation.</p> <p>Shortly after the shooting, the officer said, military police told him to clear the course and he saw other MPs surround the building that held the golf carts, he said.</p>

BAGHDAD, Nov. 4, 2009 – Iraqi security forces arrested 21 suspects today during operations targeting vehicle-borne bomb network members in Baghdad and Bayji, Iraq, military officials reported. Iraqi security forces in western Baghdad arrested 17 suspects while serving a warrant for a man charged with being involved in vehicle-borne bomb attacks. The security team searched several buildings and sequestered several people for questioning. Based on information gathered, 17 were determined to be suspected associates of the warranted man, who was not apprehended in the operation. In Bayji, southwest of Kirkuk, Iraqi police and U.S. advisors searched with a warrant for...

KABUL, Nov. 4, 2009 – Combined Afghan and international security forces killed or detained several militants and recovered multiple weapons and explosives in operations in Afghanistan yesterday, military officials reported. A combined security force detained a group of suspects in Khowst province, including a Hezb-i-Islami Gulbuddin militant group commander believed to be responsible for managing a homemade-bomb network and working with Haqqani terrorist network elements in the area. Recent media reports profile the Hezb-i-Islami Gulbuddin as one of the three main militant groups in Afghanistan, officials said. The group keeps a low profile by cooperating with Taliban and Haqqani elements...

KABUL, Nov. 3, 2009 – A combined Afghan and international security force detained several suspected militants today and yesterday in Afghanistan’s Helmand and Kandahar provinces, military officials reported. A combined force detained several suspects in Helmand province today after searching a compound known to be used by a Taliban leader in charge of coordinating attacks and supplying homemade bombs to other militants in the region. The force targeted the compound near Koshtay village in Garmsir district after intelligence indicated militant activity there. The force searched the compound without incident; no shots were fired and no one was injured. Elsewhere, a...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2009 – Iraqi security forces arrested 13 people today during three operations in connection with car-bomb networks between Baghdad and Kirkuk, military officials reported. Working with U.S. advisors, an Iraqi unit arrested a suspected member of a vehicle-bomb network in southern Kirkuk. A warrant accuses the suspect of being linked to network members associated with June 20 bombings in Taza that killed more than 90 people. During the operation, the Iraqi unit arrested a second man based on information found at the scene. In a separate operation about 55 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraqi police arrested two...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2009 – Combined Afghan and NATO forces detained several insurgents in operations in southern and eastern Afghanistan in recent days, military officials reported. A combined Afghan-International Security Assistance Force operation detained an insurgent in Kandahar province yesterday while in pursuit of a Taliban district leader and senior commander of a sizable militant element in the area. The force targeted a location outside of the village of Daylanur, north of Kandahar City, after intelligence indicated militant activity. The force used “escalation of force” procedures to stop two motorcycles traveling south toward the city, detained a suspect and seized...

KIRKUK — Iraqi Police here on Tuesday detained nine suspected al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) members in possession of bomb making materials. One of the nine is believed to be Abdallah Abd Qadir, who is known to have purchased thousands of pounds of ammonium nitrate in 2006. Qadir has ties to known AQI members associated with insurgent activity in Baghdad. Iraqi Police in the Domies neighborhood of Kirkuk city stopped two suspicious vehicles at a routine traffic check point Monday, which led to the discovery of more than 300 pounds of ammonium nitrate and a can of gasoline in the...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2009 – Iraqi police and soldiers, working with U.S. advisors, arrested seven terrorism suspects in Iraq over the last two days, military officials reported. Iraqi police captured a suspected Islamic State of Iraq terrorist group leader and three accomplices today in Bayji. Intelligence reports indicate he’s also involved with insurgent groups in Hawijah, officials said. In eastern Mosul yesterday, Iraqi soldiers arrested three suspects while searching for Islamic State of Iraq extortion-network leaders. The soldiers were continuing a series of searches focused on extortion-network leaders in Mosul who are believed to have close ties with al-Qaida in...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2009 – A combined Afghan and international security force detained almost a dozen suspected militants in Afghanistan’s Khowst province today after searching a compound known to be used by a Haqqani terrorist organization commander and his element responsible for bombings and armed attacks in the area. The combined force searched compounds near Peru Kheyl village north of Khowst City after intelligence reports indicated militant activity there. The force detained the suspects, one of whom was identified as the sought-after Haqqani commander. In another operation today, a combined force detained two suspected militants after searching a compound in...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2009 – Iraqi forces, aided by U.S. forces advisors, arrested two terrorism suspects and a murder suspect in Iraq in recent days, military officials reported. Iraqi security forces, with U.S. forces advisors, arrested two suspected terrorists -- a father and son -- in Salahuddin province Oct. 16. The forces arrested Diyah Adib Hassan Albu Nassir in his home in Bayji with a warrant issued by the Federal Appellate Court of Salahuddin. They arrested Nassir’s son, Farhan Diyah Adib Hassan Albu Nassir, after they determined there also was a warrant for his arrest. The elder man is suspected...

BAGHDAD, Oct. 20, 2009 – Iraqi police, aided by U.S. advisors, arrested seven suspected terrorists today in northern Iraq, military officials reported. Iraqi police, with U.S. advisors, arrested two suspects near Wajihijah, northeast of Baghdad, during an operation targeting a suspect believed to be associated with key members of al-Qaida in Iraq and the Islamic State of Iraq terrorist group. The security team arrested the suspects based on evidence found at the scene. In a separate operation near Bayji, southwest of Kirkuk, Iraqi police and U.S. advisors searched a building for a member of a vehicle-bomb network suspected of operating...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2009 – Iraqi forces, with U.S. advisors, arrested suspected terrorist cell leaders, detained other suspected terrorists and seized weapons in Iraq in recent days, military officials reported. In Salahuddin province, Iraqi emergency response battalion constables, with U.S. advisors, arrested the director of a terrorist media cell Oct. 16. Nusayr Khudr Sulaymen is suspected of being the director of the Jaysh Rijal al-Tariq Naqshabandi terrorist media cell. The media cell is responsible for spreading terrorist propaganda throughout northern Iraq and has been linked to providing doctrine involving terrorist methods to the media. Sulaymen and five media cell members...

BAGHDAD — Two suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) terrorists were arrested Thursday during separate security operations conducted in Baghdad and Mosul. During an operation in Baghdad, Iraqi Police, with U.S. advisors, searched several buildings for and found the suspected Baghdad-based AQI leader. Iraqi Police arrested the suspect without incident. The arrested individual allegedly transported large quantities of explosive materials into Iraq to facilitate large-scale attacks in urban areas. Intelligence reports indicate the AQI cell leader facilitated the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq, who then staged attacks against Iraqi civilians and security forces. Also, the suspect is allegedly involved in...

KABUL, Oct. 16, 2009 – Afghan and international forces killed militants today in a clash in which a woman and child died in the crossfire, killed several more enemy fighters in a separate operation, and arrested more than a dozen militants yesterday who had set up an illegal checkpoint, military officials reported. Militants attacked Afghan National Police and an international security force working to interdict suspected militants believed responsible for attacks in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province today. The combined force returned fire, killing two of the attackers, officials said, and found a woman and school-aged girl who apparently were accidently killed...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2009 – Iraqi security forces, working with U.S. advisors, arrested six terrorism suspects today and yesterday in four operations in Iraq, military officials reported. During a security operation in Kirkuk today, an Iraqi emergency services unit arrested two suspects while searching for a vehicle-bomb network member with ties to al-Qaida in Iraq. The security team questioned two suspects during a building search and arrested them after determining they posed a threat to the community. Near Muqdaadiyah, northeast of Baghdad, Iraqi police arrested two suspects today during another security operation. The security team encountered and questioned the suspects...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2009 – Iraqi security forces arrested 15 suspects in a variety of operations in recent days, military officials reported. Iraqi soldiers, with U.S. advisors, arrested a man identified as an Islamic State of Iraq associate in Mosul today during a search targeting the leader of the terrorist group’s extortion ring in the area. Evidence found at the scene indicated the suspect is a member of a network that charges construction contractors a fee based on the cost of projects. Those who do not comply with the group’s demands are threatened or attacked, officials said. Further information gathered...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2009 – Iraqi security forces, with U.S. advisors, have made numerous arrests of suspected terrorists in recent days, military officials reported. On Oct. 11, Iraqi forces arrested 18 suspects during a highly coordinated search for members of an extortion network known as the Islamic State of Iraq and related to al-Qaida in Iraq based in the northern city of Mosul. Iraqi soldiers and police, with U.S. advisors, searched several buildings throughout Mosul with arrest warrants for extortion-network members. The suspects are believed to be part of an Islamic State of Iraq-led terrorist group that extorts money from...

BAGHDAD – He told his family he was going on a pilgrimage to Mecca. Instead, the second-year college student packed a vinyl travel bag and left home in Saudi Arabia for a trip that would take him on a smuggling route across the Syrian border and into the heart of the Sunni insurgency in Iraq. So began the underground life of safe houses, aliases and hit-and-run attacks of another Islamic foot soldier recruited to battle the U.S. military and its Iraqi allies.

PARIS - Somali pirates in two skiffs fired on a French navy vessel early Wednesday after apparently mistaking it for a commercial boat, the French military said. The French ship gave chase and captured five suspected pirates. No one was wounded by the volleys from the Kalashnikov rifles directed at La Somme, a 3,800-ton refueling ship, French military spokesman Rear Adm. Christophe Prazuck said

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, 2009 – Iraqi forces, with U.S. advisors, arrested a terrorist leader and other suspected terrorists in operations in Iraq today and yesterday, military officials reported. Iraqi forces, with U.S. advisors, arrested Badr Sarhan Shihan, the region’s Islamic State of Iraq leader, yesterday near Tuz Khurmatu, south of Kirkuk. Shihan is a warranted criminal and active recruiter for the Islamic State of Iraq terrorist organization, which is closely tied to al-Qaida in Iraq. Iraqi forces questioned and arrested an additional suspect during the operation who was determined to be an accomplice to criminal activity near Kirkuk. In a...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2009 – Afghan and NATO troops have killed or detained numerous militant fighters throughout eastern and southern Afghanistan in recent days, military officials reported. Forces detained a group of suspected militants today after searching compounds northeast of Khowst City known to be used by a Haqqani terrorist network leader and his unit. The search was conducted without incident. In the Saydabad district of Wardak province, forces detained several suspects today after searching a series of buildings known to be used by a Taliban leader and his unit. The group is suspected of providing financial support, weapons and...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2009 – Iraqi forces arrested several suspected terrorist leaders in Iraq in recent days, military officials reported. Iraqi constables with the 5th Emergency Response Battalion arrested a suspected leader of an al-Qaida terrorist cell in Ninevah province Oct. 3. The constables arrested Hajji Ali al-Tikriti for allegedly coordinating multiple attacks against Iraqi security forces and civilians, smuggling weapons throughout northern Iraq and for extorting civilians in the province. He also is suspected of being a key influencer and contributor in numerous vehicle and roadside bomb attacks throughout Mosul, and is believed to be the military mind behind...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2009 – Iraqi troop, aided by U.S. forces, detained suspected insurgents and seized weapons in Iraq in recent days, military officials reported. Iraqi and U.S. soldiers detained 14 people yesterday after they attacked a U.S. patrol in Kirkuk province. The soldiers were attacked while establishing security positions along a high-traffic route near the town of Shalikh in Rashad Valley district. Soldiers had been observing the attackers for suspicious activity. Soldiers pursued the attackers and detained them. No injuries were reported. Elsewhere, an Iraqi special weapons and tactics team, with U.S. advisors, served a warrant issued by the...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2009 – Iraq security forces, working with U.S. advisors, arrested eight suspected terrorists in Iraq in the past week, including a suspected terrorist leader who was a general in Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard, military officials said. Two other suspects were killed Sept. 6 after firing on forces as they tried to arrest them. The special operations forces and U.S. advisors were on a mission in Basra to deliver court-issued warrants to charge them with smuggling and distributing arms to terrorist groups. Here is a breakdown of the missions that led to the eight arrests: -- In Salahuddin...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1, 2009 – Iraqi forces seized a cache of supplies used to make rocket launchers, detained a terrorism suspect and secured a crashed U.S. unmanned aerial vehicle in recent days, military officials in Iraq reported. Iraqi soldiers and a tactical police unit from Amarah seized the rocket-launcher supplies in Maysan province yesterday. The operation snared 16 complete rocket rails and more than 1,300 car jacks and other components used in the assembly of the rails. Hundreds of jacks were smuggled in banana shipping crates marked with Iranian stickers, officials said. "The loss of this particular cache will seriously...

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Aug. 31, 2009 – Afghan forces and NATO-led International Security Assistance troops captured two key Taliban leaders, including a commander, during a joint operation in the Kanday village of Chapa Dara district in Afghanistan’s Kunar province Aug. 29. Qari Azimullah is a Taliban commander in the district, and has been directly linked to several roadside-bomb attacks in the province, one of which resulted in the recent death of a U.S. servicemember. A second captured man is another suspected Taliban leader in the area who also has been linked to bombings in Kunar province, officials said. Two additional...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2009 – Iraqi police and special operations forces arrested 11 terrorism suspects in Iraq in recent days, military officials reported. Along with U.S. forces advisors, Baghdad’s emergency response brigade -- an elite police unit -- arrested a suspected terrorist leader Aug. 25. The unit was operating under Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s authority, officials said. The suspect allegedly is involved with insurgent groups and attacks against civilians and Iraqi security forces. Also operating with U.S. forces advisors, the emergency response brigade arrested another suspected terrorist in Baghdad the same day under the authority of a warrant issued by...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26, 2009 – Acting on warrants issued by Iraqi courts, Iraqi forces arrested five terrorism suspects in recent days, killing another who attacked them while they were serving one of the warrants. Iraqi special operations forces arrested a suspected terrorist wanted on a Ramadi Criminal Court warrant, plus two others who attacked them while they were serving the warrant, in the city of Khaladiyah in Iraq’s Anbar province Aug. 24. Another of the attackers was killed. The targeted suspect -- an Iraqi police officer -- is suspected of killing a senior Iraqi police officer, taking part in the...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24, 2009 – Iraqi forces, aided by U.S. advisors, detained eight suspected terrorists Aug. 20 and 21 in operations in Iraq, military officials reported. In Baghdad, members of an Iraqi emergency response brigade, along with U.S. advisors, arrested a suspected terrorist believed to be affiliated with insurgent groups Aug. 21. The suspect is wanted for bomb attacks against civilians and Iraqi security forces operating in the area. The elite police force was operating under the authority of a warrant issued by the Investigative Court of Kut. Meanwhile, members of the Iraqi 7th Regional Commando Battalion, with U.S. advisors,...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2009 – Iraqi forces, working with U.S. advisors, have arrested 10 people in Iraq on terrorism charges related to bombings, murder and kidnappings against Iraqi and U.S. forces and Iraqi civilians, military officials reported. The arrests were made Aug. 19, and seven were with court-issued warrants. In Kirkuk province, two men were arrested at their homes and charged with attacking Iraqi and U.S. forces with grenades and sniper rifles, as well conducting kidnappings, murders and intimidation against Iraqi civilians. Three other men believed to be associates of the suspects were found and detained in another home. In...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17, 2009 – Iraqi and U.S. forces monitored the release of dozens of detainees and apprehended nine suspects during recent operations in Iraq, military officials said. During an operation yesterday, Marines from Multinational Force West in Ramadi oversaw the release of 32 detainees from U.S. custody. The Marines followed a detailed release process to ensure the security of the people of Anbar, and the safety of the detainees, were not in jeopardy following the release, military officials said. In accordance with a security agreement between Washington and Baghdad, U.S. and Iraqi authorities coordinate to ensure the safe and...

KABUL, Aug. 13, 2009 – Afghan soldiers, aided by NATO’s International Security Assistance Force, captured suspected Taliban fighters Aug. 11 in the Sayed Abad district of eastern Afghanistan’s Wardak province. Based on a local resident’s tip, Task Force Spartan, under the lead of Afghan soldiers, searched a location in the Tangi Valley. The force captured two suspected insurgents known for bomb-making production, and two alleged accomplices. The two insurgents are suspected of being involved in several homemade bomb attacks on Afghan and ISAF troops, including multiple attacks in Wardak province’s Sayed Abad district in June. The joint force also found...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2009 – U.S. forces detained an Iraqi man who attacked a U.S. convoy with a grenade Aug. 7 in Iraq’s Kirkuk province, military officials reported. The convoy was traveling from a police station to a base outside the city when the assailant attacked the convoy in the northern town of Hawijah. Soldiers responded with small-arms fire, wounding the attacker. Police transported the man to a Kirkuk hospital. Two civilians suffered minor injuries and were treated at a local hospital. A U.S. explosive ordnance team was called in when the grenade didn’t detonate. Iraqi police are investigating the...

BAGHDAD — Iraqi Police (IP) from the Basrah Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team, along with U.S. advisors, arrested a suspected terrorist commander during an Iraqi-led operation in southern Iraq, Aug. 5, acting under the authority of a warrant issued by the Basrah Court. During the early-morning mission, court documents indicate the IP arrested the suspected insurgent leader in accordance with the Republic of Iraq’s terrorism laws. The suspected terrorist commander of the Basrah-based insurgent group is allegedly responsible for conducting and coordinating improvised explosive device and indirect fire attacks in the area. The detainment of this individual may reduce...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6, 2009 – Iraqi police from the Basra special weapons and tactics team, along with U.S. advisors, arrested a suspected terrorist commander yesterday in an Iraqi-led operation in southern Iraq, military officials reported. The SWAT team was operating under the authority of a warrant issued by a Basra-based court. The suspected terrorist commander of a Basra-based insurgent group is believed to be responsible for explosions and indirect-fire attacks in the area. The man’s detainment may reduce the insurgent group’s ability to conduct attacks, Iraqi officials said. (From a Multinational Corps Iraq news release.)

BAGHDAD — The Iraqi Emergency Response Brigade, along with U.S. force advisors, arrested two suspected terrorists during an intelligence-driven mission outside of Baghdad, July 22. The elite police force was operating under the authority of a warrant issued by the Criminal Investigative Court of Karkh. Court documents indicate that the constables arrested the suspected insurgents in accordance with the Republic of Iraq’s terrorism law. The suspects are allegedly affiliated with insurgent groups and wanted for conducting improvised explosive device and rocket attacks targeting Iraqi Security Forces operating in the area. According to ground forces, the apprehension of these suspected terrorists...

WASHINGTON, July 27, 2009 – Coalition and Iraqi forces arrested an assailant and destroyed weapons in operations in Iraq over the past three days, military officials said. Two Iraqi special operations soldiers died and an assailant was wounded during an operation outside the Iraqi capital today. During the early morning operation, the Iraqi special operations forces, along with U.S. forces advisors, were attempting to make an arrest with a court-ordered warrant for terrorism. During a brief exchange of gunfire, two Iraqi soldiers were mortally wounded and the assailant was injured. The assailant was apprehended and later transported to a military...

WASHINGTON, July 27, 2009 – Coalition and Afghan forces seized dozens of suspected enemy fighters during recent operations in eastern Afghanistan, U.S. military officials said. In an operation yesterday, a joint Afghan and coalition force searched a compound in Khost province believed to be frequented by an insurgent known for coordinating attacks against troops as part of the Haqqani terrorist network. After intelligence indicated militant activity at a compound near the village of Majles, north of the city of Khost, the joint force searched the area and detained seven suspects, including the wanted man. No Afghan, international security forces or...

Mexican federal authorities said at a news conference Saturday night in Tijuana that they have arrested the man they believed killed U.S. Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas in Campo Thursday night. The suspect, Earnesto Parra Valenzuela, 36, is in federal custody after being detained yesterday in Tecate. Tecate officials said Friday that they were questioning an armed man found on the Mexican side of the border hours after the shooting. Valenzuela was identified by a smuggling suspect as the man who shot Rosas, authorities said Saturday night. Rosas, 30, a married father of two, was tracking suspected illegal immigrants about...

BAGHDAD — Iraqi Police from the Basrah Special Weapons and Tactics team, along with Coalition advisors, arrested two suspected terrorists during an Iraqi-led operation in southern Iraq, July 18. The SWAT team was operating under the authority of a warrant during the intelligence-driven mission. Court documents indicate that the Police force arrested the suspected insurgents in accordance with the Republic of Iraq’s terrorism law. Military reports state that the suspected terrorists are linked to an insurgent cell operating in Basrah. More specifically, reports indicate they are accused of murder and conducting roadside bomb and rocket attacks against Iraqi Security Forces...

WASHINGTON, July 20, 2009 – Afghan and coalition forces killed enemy fighters, detained others and seized weapons in Afghanistan in the past four days, military officials reported. Afghan National Army and NATO International Security Assistance Force soldiers killed 10 anti-Afghan fighters in Pech district of Afghanistan’s Kunar province July 17 after receiving small-arms fire while on a routine patrol. Coalition close-air support from the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing at Bagram Airfield aided the force. No ISAF soldiers were killed in the incident. This was the second time in a week that ISAF and Afghan National Army forces eliminated a significant...

WASHINGTON, July 20, 2009 – U.S. forces made headway in an investigation of a rocket attack on a base in Iraq, and Iraqi-led forces detained suspected terrorists and seized weapons in recent operations in Iraq, military officials reported. U.S. soldiers pursued criminals suspected of launching a rocket attack against Contingency Operating Base Basra on July 16 that resulted in the deaths of three Multinational Division South soldiers. Following the attack, U.S. troops were flown by helicopter to the suspected launch location, northeast of Basra Airport, where the soldiers were met by 14th Iraqi Army Division soldiers. A U.S. patrol pursued...

A member of the FBI’s Top Ten list of Most Wanted Fugitives, wanted for a brutal attack on two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputies during a routine traffic stop, was arrested in Mexico on Friday, July 17th, announced Salvador Hernandez, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI in Los Angeles and Leroy Baca, Sheriff for Los Angeles County. Preciado was arrested on the evening of Friday, July 17th, in the town of Corral Piedras, a rural area near Yagos, Nayarit, Mexico. Preciado was reportedly using the alias, “Regalo Castaneda-Castaneda” while living in Mexico. Preciado was located and apprehended by officers...

There are no Cindy Sheehans protesting the Obama administration, there are no “Obama lied and troops died” chants, and there are no media echo chamber coverage on the negative aspects of the Iraqi and Afghanistan wars since Obama has been president but that isn’t because Barack Obama kept his campaign promise to end the war. No Obama did not keep his promise to end the war, Obama didn’t even keep his promise not to send troops into war without the proper equipment. What he has done instead is escalate the war and send troop into Afghanistan without the proper equipment...

Please keep this young man and his family in your prayers every day. Dear Lord grant him strength and mercy. May your divine light reside in his his soul and please keep him free from harm.

KABUL (Reuters) – The U.S. military denounced on Sunday the release of a video showing a soldier captured in Afghanistan, calling the images Taliban propaganda that violated international law. The video shows the soldier in traditional Afghan dress, being prompted in English by his captors to call for U.S. forces to be withdrawn from Afghanistan.

BAGHDAD — An improvised explosive device cell leader was apprehended during a civil affairs mission just west of here, July 12. The suspected criminal, who admitted he is a member of an insurgency group, had a warrant issued for his arrest by the Government of Iraq. Iraqi Army Soldiers have been actively searching for the terrorist for nearly a week. Civil affairs officers from C Troop, 150th Armored Reconnaissance Squadron went to the man’s house on Sunday to pay for damages to his front door caused during a previous attempt to capture the known criminal. “His son yelled into the...

WASHINGTON, July 15, 2009 – Iraqi forces, aided by U.S. soldiers, detained five suspects and discovered several weapons caches during multiple operations throughout Iraq on July 13. Iraqi forces, assisted by soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division’s 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, detained three suspected insurgents and discovered a weapons cache in Rashaad in Kirkuk province. The cache consisted of a 125 mm homemade bomb, a 120 mm round and AK-47 assault rifles. Iraqi police discovered a second cache in Zaab, also in Kirkuk province, which contained rocket-propelled grenades, anti-tank rockets and rocket motors. Iraqi security...