8 suspected AQI members arrested – MNF

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Coalition forces continued efforts to disrupt al-Qaeda in Iraq car bomb networks, detaining eight suspected terrorists during operations in central Iraq Thursday and Friday, according to a U.S. army statement on Friday. “Forces operating in Baghdad Thursday night captured a wanted man believed to be associated with one of the city’s AQI car bomb cells. He and another suspect were detained without incident during the operation,” read the statement as received by IraqiNews.com. “Coalition forces also took aim at AQI car bomb networks during two related operations Friday outside Fallujah, about 55 km west of Baghdad. During the first operation, forces captured a wanted man who intelligence reports suggest is a car bomb facilitator in Fallujah with multiple connections to other facilitators throughout the region. Two men believed to be associates of the wanted man were also detained for questioning.” “During a subsequent operation in the same area, forces nabbed another wanted man believed to be associated with area car bomb networks. The man, who is also assessed to be an AQI weapons facilitator, was detained with two other suspected terrorists.” AmR (S) 1