Iraqi Police Kill Insurgent "Kingpin" In Rawah Raid
Matthew Borghese - All Headline News Staff Writer Baghdad, Iraq (AHN) - Iraqi police have killed what they call the "most wanted insurgent" in the Euphrates River Valley. In a September 2 raid in Rawah, Sadam Shihab Ahmad, a terrorist who was responsible for local anti-coalition operations such as the beheading of a policeman, was killed. According to the Multinational Force in Iraq, when Ahmad, along with an accomplice, saw Iraqi police approaching their position in Rawah, the two suspects attempted to flee in a vehicle, but the police blocked their escape route. A policeman ordered Ahmad and his passenger to exit the vehicle with their hands up. Refusing the order, Ahmad pointed an assault rifle at the policeman, who then fired several rounds at Ahmad, killing him. U.S. Marine Maj. Lowell F. Rector, officer in charge of the police transition teams in western Anbar province takes pride in the raid, and says, "The Rawah operation illustrates how the Iraqi police are fast-becoming a viable law enforcement organization." "The Iraqis are gathering their own intelligence, following up on leads, executing what they've been taught by coalition forces and are catching the bad guys," Rector, a 42-year-old reservist who's a police officer in Columbus, Ohio tells the Armed Forces Press Service.
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