BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – Coalition forces captured an insurgent suspected of building improvised explosive devices in the Gumbad area of the Shah Wali Kot District in the Kandahar Province on June 3.
Acting on an Afghan tip that an IED was being placed near a Gumbad area building, a Coalition patrol searched the area and discovered a cave. Inside they found an extremist with bomb-making materials.
During initial questioning, the insurgent revealed the locations of other IEDs in the area, allowing Coalition patrols to secure the weapons and destroy the cave. The insurgent was turned over to Afghan National Army officials.
“Afghan and Coalition forces have captured three suspected IED cells this week, mostly on tips from Afghans who just want peace and security in their regions,” said Lt. Col. Paul Fitzpatrick, Combined Joint Task Force - 76 spokesman. “It’s clear most Afghans want an end to the violence and support the government authority by their willingness to turn in IEDs and those extremists who build them.”
In a separate incident June 3, an IED was discovered by Afghan National Police in the Chaparhar District of Nangarhar Province.
A Coalition explosive ordnance disposal team traveled to the site and secured and removed the weapon.
In the Tere Zayi District of Khost, a Coalition vehicle sustained only minor damage when insurgents triggered an IED as the vehicle passed by.
Coalition forces and an explosive ordnance disposal team searched the area to ensure no other IEDs remained that could endanger innocent civilians.
Also in the Tere Zayi District, Afghan civilians turned in a weapons cache to Coalition authorities. The cache included approximately 500 rifle rounds, two mortar rounds, one unidentified shell and a grenade body. A Coalition explosive ordnance disposal team destroyed the munitions.
Local civilians in the Sarobi District of Kabul Province led a Coalition patrol to compounds where they discovered grenades and machine gun ammunition. The patrol engaged five insurgents near the compound while searching the area.
After the insurgents retreated, the patrol continued their search of the compounds and detained one individual for questioning. There were no reported Coalition or civilian injuries.
“Afghans continue to demonstrate a vested interest in their own security furthering peace and development around the country,” Fitzpatrick added.
Afghans should report suspected IEDs, weapons caches and suspicious activity to Afghan or Coalition security forces to ensure the safety of all Afghans.
BAGHDAD – Coalition forces killed wanted al-Qaida terrorist Hasayn Ali Muzabir and detained one other during a raid June 2 near Balad.
Hasayn Ali Muzabir was a former Iraqi Intelligence officer under the Saddam Hussein regime, but more recently operated as a so-called al-Qaida military emir in the vicinity of Samarra. Muzabir was responsible for facilitating Iraqi and foreign terrorists and also managed and provided funds for kidnapping, assassinations and bombings against Iraqi citizens and Iraqi and Coalition forces.
Intelligence led Coalition forces to a specific area in which Muzabir was operating on June 2. During the attempt to apprehend him he was killed and another was detained.
A third man, unrelated to the terrorists, was injured during the detention and medically evacuated.
Coalition forces have recently killed or captured several al-Qaida associates operating in the vicinity of Samarra to include Hamadi Tahki, the so-called Emir of Samarra, who was killed by Coalition and Iraqi forces April 28. Some analysts assess that Muzabir possibly replaced Hamadi Tahki upon his death, but cannot confirm Muzabir’s exact position within the al-Qaida network operating in Samarra other than the so-called military Emir.
These are the press releases FOR JUST TODAY THIS MORNING!! Hmmm MSM reports about some terrorist killig some Iraqis on mini buses but no mention of the above good stuff. Guess it proves my point expressed in my last article before this one. http://shadowwar.joeuser.com/index.asp?AID=119763
