Iraq
BAGHDAD — Iraqi Security Forces arrested 11 suspected terrorists Sunday during three joint security operations conducted in Baghdad and northern Iraq to arrest several suspected members of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI).
Based on the results of preliminary questioning and other evidence collected at the scene, ISF identified and arrested the targeted individual in addition to six suspected criminal associates without incident.
During a separate security operation conducted in Bayji, located southwest of Kirkuk, the 3rd Emergency Response Unit and U.S. advisors searched a building for a suspected AQI member who coordinates suicide-vest attacks within the region.
The 3rd ERU arrested four suspected criminal associates of the suspected AQI member without incident.
January 13, 2010: Written by United States Forces - Iraq PAO
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