MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ
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July 22, 2007
Release A070722b

Coalition Forces kill one terrorist, detain 14 suspects

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition Forces killed one armed terrorist and detained 14 suspected terrorists during operations around the country Sunday targeting the al-Qaeda in Iraq network.

Coalition Forces conducted a raid north of Baghdad targeting an al-Qaeda in Iraq emir and his associates.  As ground forces began their operation, they received small arms fire from the building they were entering and another building nearby.  Coalition Forces, acting in self-defense, returned fire.  As the ground forces secured the area, they found one armed man who was killed in the engagement.

Coalition Forces detained one suspected associate of the targeted individual.  Both are allegedly involved with the Baghdad vehicle-borne improvised explosive device network.

In Mosul, the al-Qaeda in Iraq religious adviser for the city surrendered himself to Coalition Forces during an operation.  The suspected terrorist is believed to issue fatwas regarding anti-Coalition activity as part of his involvement with al-Qaeda in Iraq.  One other suspected terrorist was also detained.

During another raid in Mosul, Coalition Forces detained three suspected terrorists with alleged ties to the al-Qaeda in Iraq emir of northern Iraq.

A raid northeast of Fallujah netted five suspected terrorists for their alleged association with the al-Qaeda in Iraq emir of eastern Anbar province.  During the operation, Coalition Forces also discovered a weapons cache containing rocket-propelled grenades.

Coalition Forces detained three suspected terrorists during a raid near Yusifiyah targeting a member of a local al-Qaeda in Iraq cell.

“We aren’t slowing our operations to root out al-Qaeda in Iraq,” said Maj. Marc Young, an MNF-I spokesperson.  “The people of Iraq deserve to be able to choose a future free of terrorists and their barbaric attacks.”

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