Security

Taking Down the Superbombers

U.S. and Iraqi troops have conducted a series of raids to disrupt the networks that allegedly smuggle "Explosively Formed Projectile" superbombs into Iraq from Iran. Bill Roggio at The Fourth Rail has the story: In Baghdad, Iraqi Special Operations Forces and U.S. soldiers conducted a raid in Sadr City against an "individual … suspected of […]

Stairs U.S. and Iraqi troops have conducted a series of raids to disrupt the networks that allegedly smuggle "Explosively Formed Projectile" superbombs into Iraq from Iran. Bill Roggio at The Fourth Rail has the story:

In Baghdad, Iraqi Special Operations Forces and U.S. soldiers conducted a raid in Sadr City against an "individual ... suspected of having direct ties to a senior leader of a significant EFP network as well as acting as a proxy for an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps officer." Multinational Forces Iraq also describes him as "the suspected leader in a secret cell terrorist network known for facilitating the transport of weapons and explosively formed penetrators, or EFPs, from Iran to Iraq, as well as bringing militants from Iraq to Iran for terrorist training." The suspect was captured, and five associates were killed in a follow on airstrike.

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