Two High-Value Al Qaeda Targets Captured

Posted By Blackfive

This just hit the wire:

4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division
 
KALSU, Iraq – Paratroopers from Strike Force Geronimo detained two suspected al-Qaida insurgents during an air assault and raid, July 10, northwest of Iskandariyah.
 
Paratroopers from Company A, 3rd Battalion, 509th Airborne, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division conducted Operation Geronimo Strike III in order to capture members of an al-Qaida cell wanted in connection with the kidnapping of three American Soldiers and other attacks against Iraqi and coalition forces.
 
“Tonight, we conducted an air assault into the Jurf As Sukr area looking for two high level targets - some of the guys involved in the missing Soldiers incident,” said Capt. Matthew Gregory, commander of Company A and a Charlotte, N.C., native. “This is an area that coalition forces had not been to in a little while. This shows them we have the ability to get in places they thought they were safe and get them where they live.”
 
In addition to capturing the cell members, the operation netted two AK-47 assault rifles, eight fully loaded magazines, two hand grenades and a ski mask.
 
“Going after the worst of the worst is what Operation Geronimo Strike was designed to do,” said 1st Lt. John Lafferty, a platoon leader with Company A, from Valdese, N.C. “There are guys who are on the fence, and when they hear we’re capturing their leadership, we have a better chance of stabilizing the government and legitimizing the security forces here.”
 
The insurgents are being held for further questioning.
 
The weapons and ammunition were confiscated for use in the investigation.

 

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[Miss Ladybug]

Hopefully, this good news can be followed up with more - locating our still-missing soldiers....

[Ymarsakar]

“Tonight, we conducted an air assault into the Jurf As Sukr area looking for two high level targets - some of the guys involved in the missing Soldiers incident,” said Capt. Matthew Gregory, commander of Company A and a Charlotte, N.C., native. “This is an area that coalition forces had not been to in a little while. This shows them we have the ability to get in places they thought they were safe and get them where they live.”

Fast Reaction Forces must be a Bi to handle for the terrorists. Gotta love it.

One second you're thinking death to America, and in the next the spectre of death drops out of the sky. Some days things don't go right even if you have kidnapped hostages of families.

[jordan]

Strike Force Geronimo is in the house! Good display of the predatory arts.

[rgrmom82]

Rank punks those Al Quada murderers. When the Army gets done with them they gonna cry for allah. cuz USA don't leave a man behind. We'll leave the peices when we go.
Man, I hate Jihadis and all their little tools of death. That is what comes out of a culture that hates. Now they gonna gt a little pay back.

[rgrmom82]

Dang, I hope gitmo isn't shut down yet, cuz a life sentence with gitmo would be just the ticket for those scum. Get the intel, lock em up. Give em a koran, 3 hots and a cot,
and a prayer "rug".

SoooWEEEEEET!

[defendusa]

Woo-hoo! I think a can of Good ol USA whoop-ass does a body and mind good!!

[liyak]

I love seeing the words,that paint such graphics!Snuff the Punk!