To: ManyMoose who wrote (335206 ) 11/21/2009 4:40:19 PM From: KLP 5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 794504 Iraqi Forces capture 5 terrorism suspects [KLP Note: At least some of our folks have their eye on the ball...] Saturday, 21 November 2009 Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs mnf-iraq.com WASHINGTON — Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) arrested five suspected members of the al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) and the Islamic State of Iraq (ISoI) terrorist groups, Nov. 20. All arrests were made during three combined security operations conducted with U.S. advisers in the Iraqi cities of Ramadi, Tikrit and Kirkuk, military officials reported. Iraqi forces and U.S. advisers searched two buildings in Ramadi for a suspected AQI leader believed to be responsible for multiple vehicle-borne bomb attacks in the region. After questioning those in the buildings and examining evidence found at the scene, Iraqi forces arrested two suspected AQI associates. In Tikrit, Salahuddin province Police and U.S. advisers searched a building for an alleged associate of AQI and ISoI. Police conducted a preliminary investigation, and based on questioning conducted at the scene, arrested two individuals determined to be accomplices of the suspected AQI member. In southern Kirkuk, an Iraqi Emergency Services Unit and U.S. advisers searched a building for a suspected ISoI member believed to be involved in planning and conducting vehicle-borne bomb attacks against security forces in Iraq. Members of the Iraqi unit made one arrest without incident based on evidence found at the scene linking the arrested individual to criminal activity. In northeastern Baghdad Nov. 19, Iraqi Soldiers arrested a Kataib Hezbollah terrorist organization cell member during a combined operation. The Iraqi Soldiers and U.S. advisers searched a building and arrested the Kataib Hezbollah member, who allegedly leads a sniper and missiles group in addition to being part of a media cell that records attacks against security forces in Iraq.