Iraqi, U.S. forces secure suicide car bomb site
BAGHDAD, Iraq— Iraqi Security Forces and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers responded to reports of a suicide car bomb detonating in east Baghdad shortly before 7 a.m. Nov. 15.
Initial reports indicate four Iraqi civilians and two Iraqi Police were killed in the terrorist attack which took place outside a restaurant. Eight other civilians were wounded.
Task Force Baghdad Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment initially secured the site and were soon joined by Iraqi Police who took control of the situation.
Task Force Baghdad troops find, destroy mortar rounds
BAGHDAD, Iraq — During combat operations in south Baghdad, Soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division discovered a weapons cache Nov. 15.
As they conducted a cordon and search of a farm, Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment uncovered a cache of 22 60-millimeter mortar rounds and 18 fuses.
The 2nd Bn., 502nd Inf. Soldiers secured the site and an explosives ordnance disposal team performed a controlled detonation on the munitions.
Three detained in raid, caches discovered
TIKRIT, Iraq – Iraqi and U.S. Soldiers detained three men and confiscated an array of weapons during a hasty raid near Al Muqdadiyah Nov. 16 morning.
Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade of the 5th Iraqi Army Division and troops from Task Force 1-30 of the 3rd Infantry Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team conducted the raid after receiving information about a weapons cache.
They found an 81mm mortar tube, three mortar rounds and a fire extinguisher filled with plastic explosives.
Another cache was discovered by troops from the 3rd ID’s 1st Brigade Combat Team near Logistics Support Area Anaconda. More than 40 hand grenades, 40 rockets, 13 rocket-propelled grenade rounds, 11 land mines and 500 rounds of small arms ammunition were seized.
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Extradition request submitted to bring Saddam Hussein nephew and terrorist leader to justice
BAGHDAD , Iraq -- Iraqi Attorney General Chathanfar Hmod Al-Jasim presented Interpol with an extradition request to bring Omar Sabawi Ibrahim Hasan Al-Tikriti, Saddam Hussein’s nephew, from Yemen’s capital back to Baghdad to stand trial for violating Article 194 of the Iraqi Penal Code – committing acts of terror.
Omar Sabawi, the son of Saddam Hussein’s half brother, Sabawi Ibrahim Hasan Al-Tikriti, has been sought by Iraqi officials for several years for his leadership role in and financial support to terrorist organizations targeting Iraqi and Coalition Forces, as well as Iraqi civilians. The recent extradition request is the latest effort to bring Omar Sabawi to justice.
Other members of the Sabawi family have been incarcerated for their roles in leading the insurgency. Omar Sabawi’s brother, Aymen, stood trial this past summer in Baghdad and received a lengthy sentence for his role in financing terrorist activities. Two other brothers, Yassir and Ibrahim, are in prison for their financial and organizational support of terrorist activities. Omar’s father, Sabawi Ibrahim Hasan Al-Tikriti, former Director of the Iraqi Intelligence Service, is awaiting trial for committing crimes against humanity.
Born in Baghdad in 1970, Omar Sabawi, aka Al-Alusi or Uma Ahmad Ali, focused much of his financial support and leadership on terrorist activities throughout northern and central Iraq, including Mosul. His efforts resulted in many deaths, injuries and destruction of property.
Attorney General Al-Jasim fully expects Yemen’s cooperation with Interpol in extraditing Omar Sabawi from Sana’a to Baghdad so that the free and democratic Iraqi people can bring Omar Sabawi to justice.
Search nets terrorist suspects
TIKRIT, Iraq – A cordon and search mission in ad Dawr to deny a safe haven for terrorists in the area resulted in the detention of 20 suspected terrorists and the confiscation of weapons and materials used in the production of improvised explosive devices.
Operation Kennesaw Dragon, a joint Iraqi and U.S. mission, began November 14, as troops from the 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division set up a cordon around the city. Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, supported by the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, conducted an air assault into landing zones outside the town and moved in for the search.
Task Force 1-15 and Iraqi Army Soldiers went door to door looking for weapons and known terrorists, as well as explaining to the residents that the search was related to recent attacks by terrorists. More than 30 attacks against Coalition Forces have been reported in the area during the past two months.
Many residents willingly turned over weapons to help facilitate the search. An overnight curfew in the city was met with little resistance. Shops and businesses voluntarily closed, which helped accelerate the operation.
By November 15, the mission was completed and the units returned to Forward Operating Base Wilson.
Iraqi, U.S. forces make clean sweep of south Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraqi and U.S. Forces detained dozens of terror suspects during searches in south Baghdad as Operation Clean Sweep continued to clear neighborhoods of terrorist activity.
“Operation Clean Sweep was intended to clean out an area that was known to be used as a way for terrorists to come towards Baghdad from the south as well as an area that a lot of vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices and IEDs were coming from,” said Lt. Col. Everett Knapp, commander of 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment.
In anticipation of the Dec. 15 nationwide elections, the Soldiers of 1/184th Inf., as well as Iraqi forces from the 4th Public Order Brigade and 1st Commando Brigade, raided about 350 homes and detained 49 suspected terrorists. Military officials said 10 of the suspects were forwarded to detention facilities.
Some of the 1/184 Soldiers set up the outer cordon of the mission while others shadowed their Iraqi counterparts during the operation.
“The Iraqi Soldiers really took the lead (on this mission),” Knapp said. “They don’t need translators; they can tell who the good guys are and who doesn’t belong in a certain situation.”
During the Oct. 15 Constitutional Referendum vote, clearing the area of possible dangers to the democratic process was one of the reasons the U.S. Soldiers swept through the fields, clearing every building that stood in their path.
Knapp said he looks forward to continuing to work with the ISF in the future, adding, “These guys get better every single day. Their professionalism is outstanding.Al Qaeda in Iraq Emir of Sadah bagged
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Multi-National Forces used multiple intelligence sources and tips from concerned citizens to locate a known al Qaeda in Iraq safe house harboring terrorists and foreign fighters Nov. 7.
Upon arrival at the terrorist safe house, Multi-National Forces detained numerous terrorists and foreign fighters; among them was Sadiq Ayadah Husayn Matar (aka Abu Ahmed), the al Qaeda in Iraq Emir of Sadah.
Abu Ahmed admitted to being the al Qaeda in Iraq Emir of Sadah. He was responsible for all terrorist operations in Sadah. He also coordinated and conducted terrorist operations in the surrounding areas within the al Qaim region. He was in charge of directing, planning and executing bombing, mortar attacks, and ambushes against Iraqi security and Coalition Forces.
Abu Ahmed, as one of the five senior al Qaeda in Iraq terrorist leaders in the al Qaim region, which includes Husaybah, Karabilah, Sadah, Ubaydi, and al Qaim, was connected to numerous al Qaeda in Iraq senior terrorist leaders. He admitted associations, as well as conducting coordinated terrorist operations, with other senior terrorists and foreign fighters in the region. These senior terrorists were responsible for all terrorist and foreign fighter activities in the region to include the smuggling of foreign fighters into the al Qaim region from Syria.
101st Soldiers find weapons cache west of Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Iraq - After receiving a tip from a local resident, Soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division uncovered what turned out to be a large weapons cache west of Baghdad.
The unit initially found a small cache consisting of two rocket-propelled grenades and one AK-47 assault rifle Nov. 14.
After uncovering this weapons cache, the Soldiers of 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment expanded the search of the area, resulting in one of the largest of 17 weapons cache discoveries by 2nd BCT, 101st Airborne Div. to date.
After receiving the informant’s tip, the Soldiers started their search by using a metal detector. They began to dig up munitions and weapons at 3 p.m. and the dig continued until after midnight Nov. 16.
When an explosives ordnance disposal team arrived at the site, the Soldiers were still discovering more weapons caches buried in the field.
“After we found the smaller cache, it just kept going,” said Staff. Sgt. Joel Killian, 1st Platoon, B Troop, 1/75th Cavalry. “First we would find a mortar plate, then we would find the tube. Next, every side road was filled with weapons, so we just continued to search and continued to discover more and more weapons buried in the field.”
As of Nov. 16, the weapons cache consisted of 150,000 7.62 rounds of ammunition, 600 propellant charges, 500 blasting caps, 400 artillery fuses, 150 hand grenades, 150 120-millimeter rounds, 125 rockets, 100 primer charges, 85 82-millimeter mortar rounds, 68 60-millimeter rounds, 50 plastic grenades, 35 anti-tank mines, 13 20-millimeter rockets, 12 RPG launchers, multiple barrels and bags of small-arms ammunition, seven unknown type of missiles, seven rolls of copper wire, three 60-millimeter mortar systems, three 55-gallon drums of fertilizer, three rolls of detonation cord, two 82-millimeter mortar tubes with bases, and one 82-millimeter mortar system.
“This is a great step in removing capability, the means with which terrorists execute their indiscriminate and cowardly violence,” said Col. Todd Ebel, 2/101 commander. “I am very proud of all the Soldiers involved with this cache find. These Soldiers and others like them across this Brigade Combat Team are making a difference in the safety of south Baghdad.”
Iraqi, U.S. forces respond to car bomb attack
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Security Forces and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers responded to reports of two explosions in central Baghdad around 8:20 a.m. Nov. 18.
Initial reports indicate terrorists detonated two car bombs near the Al-Hamra Hotel on the Karradah Peninsula. One of the car bombs detonated against a wall and the second car bomb damaged an apartment complex near the hotel.
Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment responded to the site and requested support from the 92nd Engineer Battalion and the 36th Engineer Group to help in rescue efforts of Iraqi civilians trapped in the rubble.
Task Force Baghdad troops find, destroy mortar rounds
BAGHDAD, Iraq — During combat operations in south Baghdad, Soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division discovered a weapons cache Nov. 15.
As they conducted a cordon and search of a farm, Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment uncovered a cache of 22 60-millimeter mortar rounds and 18 fuses.
The 2nd Bn., 502nd Inf. Soldiers secured the site and an explosives ordnance disposal team performed a controlled detonation on the munitions.
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