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Monday, September 15, 2008

U.S. military gunning for Hizbullah leaders in Iraq

BAGHDAD — The U.S. military has targeted the leadership of the Iran-sponsored Hizbullah network in Iraq.

Officials said Iraqi and U.S. forces have captured more than 20 Hizbullah network leaders around Baghdad since July 2008. They said the Hizbullah network operated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.

"After detaining nearly 20 suspected leaders and media personalities in the Kata'ib Hizbullah criminal network over the past two months, coalition forces targeted a man believed to be involved in the group's operations in Baghdad," the military said.

The military said it captured two senior Hizbullah operatives in Baghdad on Sept. 12, Middle East Newsline reported. Officials said one of the detainees was believed responsible for Hizbullah operations, including attacks on Iraqi and U.S. troops.

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Officials said Hizbullah was believed responsible for the latest insurgency weapon introduced by Iran. The weapon, first seen in 2008, was identified as the improvised-rocket assisted mortar, or IRAM, designed to fire up to 20 Iranian-origin 107 mm rockets from a truck.

"Kata'ib Hizbullah is assessed to be supported by Iran's Islamic Republican Guard Corps-Quds Force, and its members are believed to employ IRAMs as well as explosively formed penetrators in civilian areas," the military said on Sept. 12.

"They are reportedly responsible for the mishandled IRAMs, which exploded in the Shaab district of Adhamiyah in Baghdad on June 4, killing 16 Iraqi civilians and injuring 29 others."

In a related development, Iraqi soldiers captured a commander of the Iranian-sponsored Special Groups in Baghdad. Officials said the unidentified detainee was responsible for an attack on Baghdad International Airport on July 10.

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