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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070721-06
July 21, 2007

Coalition Forces, Iraqi Emergency Response Unit detain three rogue JAM
militia Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO

BAGHDAD – An Iraqi Emergency Response Unit with Coalition Forces present as advisers, detained three suspected members of a rogue Jaysh al-Mahdi militia group, during an early morning operation in Sadr City, July 20
 
Two of the detainees are brothers who have allegedly conducted attacks on Iraqi and Coalition Forces, while the third, a woman, is suspected of holding JAM splinter group meetings at her house. 
 
Members of the Iraqi ERU Coalition Forces raided two residences in the northwestern neighborhood of Baghdad. At one location, Iraqi and Coalition Forces detained the female suspect, while another team detained the two brothers at the second house.
 
The primary targets of this operation are allegedly responsible for conducting kidnappings and extrajudicial killings against Iraqi citizens.  They have also allegedly been involved in attacks against Iraqi and Coalition Forces.
 
No Iraqi or Coalition Forces were injured in the operation.

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