Coalition forces arrest 11 people – MNF

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Multi National Force (MNF) in Iraq said that 11 people were arrested throughout the country, four of them are suspected members of the Katai’b Hezbollah (Hezbollah Brigades) in Iraq. “Coalition forces continued to chip away at the Katai’b Hezbollah terrorist network with the capture of four suspected network criminals early Tuesday in Abd arRahman, about 6 km east of Sadr City,” read a release that was issued by the MNF and received by Aswal al-Iraq. According to the release, Katai’b Hezbollah is assessed to be a proxy of Iran and its members are believed to be responsible for recent attacks against Iraqi citizens and Iraqi and Coalition forces. They are also assessed to be responsible for the botched Improvised Rocket Assisted Mortar attack on Coalition forces June 4 that resulted in 18 Iraqi civilians killed, 29 injured, and 19 homes destroyed. Another release of the MNF noted that, “Seven suspected terrorists were apprehended by Coalition forces Tuesday, as they continued operations to dismantle al-Qaeda in Iraq networks throughout the country’s central and northern regions.” MH (S)/AmR 1