.US raids uncover 'link to Iran'
US forces have captured an Iraqi believed to be working with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' elite Quds Force during raids in Baghdad.
They also captured 11 others suspected of involvement in supplying Shia militias in Iraq with Iranian-made weapons, the military said.
The 12 are believed involved in smuggling and storing weapons from Iran used to attack Iraqi civilians and the security forces that protect them, according to a military statement.
There is also intelligence indicating they are linked to the production and distribution of the deadly Explosively Formed Penetrators, or EFPs - a type of bomb that the US alleges Iran has been supplying to Shia militias. Iran denies the accusation.
The raids in the Iraqi capital took place at two locations.
In other operations on Monday in central and northern Iraq, US and Iraqi forces killed seven al-Qaida insurgents and detained 31 suspects.
The raids targeted al-Qaida in Iraq operational networks, the US army said.
West of Youssifiyah, 12 miles south of Baghdad, coalition forces came under fire when they raided buildings suspected of being al-Qaida training centres for suicide attacks.
Six suspects were killed in clashes in the area, as well as a seventh man who refused to surrender, the military said. Nineteen insurgents were also detained in that raid.
Two insurgents were detained in a raid near Taji, 12 miles north of Baghdad, and further north, in the Tigris River valley, the coalition forces detained two insurgents allegedly tied to an al-Qaida in Iraq group believed responsible for moving militants in and out of Iraq.
UKPress
No wonder Sadr is on the run again
They also captured 11 others suspected of involvement in supplying Shia militias in Iraq with Iranian-made weapons, the military said.
The 12 are believed involved in smuggling and storing weapons from Iran used to attack Iraqi civilians and the security forces that protect them, according to a military statement.
There is also intelligence indicating they are linked to the production and distribution of the deadly Explosively Formed Penetrators, or EFPs - a type of bomb that the US alleges Iran has been supplying to Shia militias. Iran denies the accusation.
The raids in the Iraqi capital took place at two locations.
In other operations on Monday in central and northern Iraq, US and Iraqi forces killed seven al-Qaida insurgents and detained 31 suspects.
The raids targeted al-Qaida in Iraq operational networks, the US army said.
West of Youssifiyah, 12 miles south of Baghdad, coalition forces came under fire when they raided buildings suspected of being al-Qaida training centres for suicide attacks.
Six suspects were killed in clashes in the area, as well as a seventh man who refused to surrender, the military said. Nineteen insurgents were also detained in that raid.
Two insurgents were detained in a raid near Taji, 12 miles north of Baghdad, and further north, in the Tigris River valley, the coalition forces detained two insurgents allegedly tied to an al-Qaida in Iraq group believed responsible for moving militants in and out of Iraq.
UKPress
No wonder Sadr is on the run again
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