Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20071121-04
November 21, 2007

Iraqi Forces, U.S. Special Forces detain 6 in separate operations
Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO

BALAD, Iraq – Iraqi Forces, advised by U.S. Special Forces, captured six extremists Nov. 19 in early morning raids.

In Rahmaniya, Iraqi Army Scouts, along with U.S. Special Forces, conducted a cordon and search operation targeting five extremists believed to be part of an improvised explosive device and weapons facilitation cell that has attacked Iraqi and U.S. Special Forces. All five extremists were detained during the raid.

In a separate operation, the Hillah Special Weapons and Tactics team and U.S. Special Forces detained one extremist suspected of being part of a cell responsible for attacking U.S. facilities through indirect fire, weapons smuggling and conducting explosively formed penetrator attacks against Iraqi Army and Coalition Forces in Hillah.

These operations were two in a series of operations targeting criminal networks operating within the country. 

There were no Iraqi or U.S. Forces injured during these operations.

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