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| Tribes Chasing Qa'ida Across Anbar Border? |
| 2007-04-26 |
| Operations to root out al-Qa'ida-affiliated elements are still underway in Anbar Province, under the leadership of a coalition of tribal forces, according to several recent media reports in Arabic. A most recent report says that the “Anbar Salvation Front” has captured a key leader affiliated with the “Islamic State of Iraq” organization, but this has not been confirmed, and questions remain over this particular report. According to earlier reports, the Front announced the immanent defeat of al-Qa'ida-related groups in Anbar province, and asked for permission to pursue militants across provincial lines. Recent reports suggest that such clearance may have been granted. ... The Front announced two weeks ago that the al-Qa'ida fighters were on the verge of defeat in Anbar province, according to al-Hayat. The tribal forces were pursuing al-Qa'ida members to the northern borders of Babil province, to the area known as the “triangle of death,” the paper writes. ... The Front’s request to pursue al-Qa'ida fighters into neighboring provinces has apparently been granted, according to a report in the Iraqi daily al-Mada on Tuesday. ... Al-Mada also reported that the tribal forces had captured a key “Islamic State of Iraq” member, writing that the police of the Anbar Salvation Front arrested the “Minister of Finance” for the al-Qaida affiliated “Islamic State of Iraq.” ... US forces were not informed of the operation, al-Mada reports. Informing US forces would have delayed the operation, the success of which depended on speed and surprise, the paper writes. The source also said that informing the US would have increased the possibility of the information being leaked which would have caused the terrorists to flee. Al-Mada’s sources said that the local security forces were concerned that some of the individuals working with the US could inform the suspects of the operation. Or they just didn't want to operate under our RoE. ... |
| Posted by:Brett |
| #5 C-Low----shhhhhhhhh....it's classified. On the QT. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-04-26 21:56 |
| #4 ROE more like most likley they wanted to be able to capture this terd ball and do a little Arab style ehhhh intense questioning beofore turning him over. I have heard these tribal boys don't play when it comes to interrogation its old school way back style. What happened to the plyers, knuckles, needles pic? |
| Posted by: C-Low 2007-04-26 20:56 |
| #3 Right, 'cuz if we knew, we'd hafta intervene to protect their rights under Murtha's constitution. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-04-26 17:05 |
| #2 It probably means "officially informed", which is very different from "we know what is going down", in that the US could be whined at by internationalists who would demand that the US do something to stop the persecution of the poor, unfortunate al-Qaeda at the hands of the Sunnis. We would just shrug and say that we are under no obligation to "act on rumor", and have to rely on being "officially informed" before we could intercede to arrest, instead of allow al-Qaeda to be slaughtered like pigs. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-04-26 10:27 |
| #1 US forces were not informed of the operation, al-Mada reports. Informing US forces would have delayed the operation, the success of which depended on speed and surprise, the paper writes. The source also said that informing the US would have increased the possibility of the information being leaked which would have caused the terrorists to flee. I would hope they did inform us of the operation as soon as it went down. I'd hate to see a blue-on-blue incident. |
| Posted by: Mike 2007-04-26 10:08 |