Iraq
WASHINGTON — Iraqi forces, with U.S. advisers, in recent days arrested 20 people suspected of terrorist activities in Iraq, military officials reported.Iraqi Soldiers and U.S. advisers acted upon a court-issued warrant to search two buildings for a suspected Kataib Hezbollah member wanted for rocket and mortar attacks in the capital city. Evidence discovered at the scene led the Soldiers to arrest a suspected criminal associate of the warranted man.
Iraqi Police arrested three suspected terrorists during a Jan. 12 combined security operation targeting a suspected al-Qaida in Iraq bomb-cell member about 15 miles south of Mosul.
Acting on a court-issued warrant, the police and U.S. advisers searched several buildings for the suspected terrorist, who's wanted for staging deadly vehicle-borne bomb attacks against security forces in Mosul.
After questioning people and assessing evidence at the scene, the IP arrested three suspected criminal associates of the warranted AQI member.
Iraqi forces arrested 11 suspected terrorists during three Jan. 10 combined operations in Baghdad and northern Iraq to arrest several suspected members of AQI.
In southeastern Baghdad, Iraqi forces and U.S. advisers searched a home for a suspected AQI member who works directly for the leadership of the terrorist group and maintains a network of safe houses for other terrorists in the area.
Based on preliminary questioning and other evidence collected at the scene, Iraqi forces identified and arrested the targeted man, as well as six suspected criminal associates, without incident.
During a separate security operation in Beiji, southwest of Kirkuk, an Iraqi Emergency Response Unit and U.S. advisers searched a building for a suspected AQI member who coordinates suicide-vest attacks in the region. The unit arrested four suspected criminal associates of the suspected terrorist without incident.
January 14, 2010: Written by the Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs
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