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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070923-03
September 23, 2007

In two separate operations, Iraqi Security Forces, U.S. Special Forces detain eight suspected criminals
Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO

BAGHDAD – In two early morning raids, Iraqi Security Forces detained eight suspected criminals Sept. 22 in Diyala and Tikrit. 

In the Diyala Province, Iraqi Special Operations Forces detained four suspected terrorists linked to a criminal financier and weapons trafficker.  Intelligence reports that the regional financier facilitates weapons purchases with Iran in order to conduct trafficking operations that import improvised explosive devices, explosively formed penetrators and rocket-propelled grenades.  In addition, he is alleged to have carried out extra-judicial killings of Sunnis in the Diyala area.

The assault force seized a weapons cache that yielded a sub-machine gun with an ammunition drum, a G3 assault rifle with two magazines, three sets of body armor, various documents and computer accessories.

In a separate raid in Tikrit, Soldiers from the 4th Iraqi Army Division detained four alleged criminals.  Two of the detainees are believed to be responsible for numerous attacks against Coalition Forces including an Aug. 28 rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire attack on a compound in Tikrit.

The raid is also believed to have disrupted a possible forgery operation where food credits from the social welfare system were being criminally filtered to insurgents.  The forgery operation provides terrorist operatives with paperwork that gives them “displaced persons status,” allowing terrorists to transit the region, receive support from social welfare systems and obtain legal access to setting up residences in new areas.   

While searching the objective, the scouts confiscated five weapons with ammunition and magazines, as well as sniper ammunition and forgery documentation.

U.S. Special Forces served as advisers during both operations.  No Iraqi or U.S. members were harmed in either operation.

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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070923-03
September 23, 2007

In two separate operations, Iraqi Security Forces, U.S. Special Forces detain eight suspected criminals
Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO

BAGHDAD – In two early morning raids, Iraqi Security Forces detained eight suspected criminals Sept. 22 in Diyala and Tikrit. 

In the Diyala Province, Iraqi Special Operations Forces detained four suspected terrorists linked to a criminal financier and weapons trafficker.  Intelligence reports that the regional financier facilitates weapons purchases with Iran in order to conduct trafficking operations that import improvised explosive devices, explosively formed penetrators and rocket-propelled grenades.  In addition, he is alleged to have carried out extra-judicial killings of Sunnis in the Diyala area.

The assault force seized a weapons cache that yielded a sub-machine gun with an ammunition drum, a G3 assault rifle with two magazines, three sets of body armor, various documents and computer accessories.

In a separate raid in Tikrit, Soldiers from the 4th Iraqi Army Division detained four alleged criminals.  Two of the detainees are believed to be responsible for numerous attacks against Coalition Forces including an Aug. 28 rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire attack on a compound in Tikrit.

The raid is also believed to have disrupted a possible forgery operation where food credits from the social welfare system were being criminally filtered to insurgents.  The forgery operation provides terrorist operatives with paperwork that gives them “displaced persons status,” allowing terrorists to transit the region, receive support from social welfare systems and obtain legal access to setting up residences in new areas.   

While searching the objective, the scouts confiscated five weapons with ammunition and magazines, as well as sniper ammunition and forgery documentation.

U.S. Special Forces served as advisers during both operations.  No Iraqi or U.S. members were harmed in either operation.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT MULTI-NATIONAL CORPS – IRAQ, PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE BY E-MAIL AT This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it