Forces Detain Extremist Following Rocket Attack in Baghdad
Dispatches from the Front:
BAGHDAD, Jan. 30, 2008 -- Coalition forces detained a suspected extremist, Jan. 29, after rockets were fired from a soccer field near Sadr City.
One rocket is believed to have landed near the border of Rusafa and Sadr City. There are no reports of civilian casualties or structural damage from the rocket at this time.
Coalition forces detained the suspect who matched a description of a known terrorist and secured one homemade rocket launcher.
There are no reports of civilian casualties or injuries from the operation coalition forces carried out while detaining the suspected extremist.
“Terrorists launched this attack from a place where children are supposed to play soccer, which just shows the lengths to which they will go to indiscriminately attack the Iraqi people and coalition forces,” said Maj. Joseph Edstrom, Multi-National Corps – Iraq spokesman.
Coalition forces will continue to aggressively and relentlessly target, capture and kill terrorists and other extremists who are a threat to the security of the government of Iraq or the safety of its citizens.
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)
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