NPs, MND-B Soldiers search for SG extremist in Mamun

Photo By Jeremy Todd | National policeman from 1st Brigade, 4th Battalion, 1st National Police Division, speaks with a resident about Ali Sabah, aka Abu Karrar in Al Amin, a Special Groups extremist, during a visit to a village in eastern Baghdad Oct. 14, 2008.  

BAGHDAD, IRAQ

10.15.2008

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4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Public Affairs

By 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light)

FORWARD OPERATING BASE LOYALTY, Iraq – Iraqi security forces and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers passed out flyers and spoke with local citizens on the streets in order find Ali Sabah aka Abu Karrar in Al Amin, a Special Groups extremist, while conducting operations in a village in eastern Baghdad, Oct. 14, 2008.

National policeman from 1st Brigade, 4th Battalion, 1st National Police Division, and Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, attached to 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light), returned to Al Amin to pass out flyers informing residents of the possible return of SG extremists in their area.

The NPs and MND-B Soldiers spoke with shopkeepers in hopes to encourage civilians to report Ali Sabah's whereabouts if he should return to his hometown in Al Amin.

Sabah's extremis activities are widespread. They include improvised-explosive device emplacement, rocket attacks, kidnapping and murder. According to one woman in the village, her son was murdered by Sabah.

Ali Sabah's father said he still hasn't heard anything from his son since his last visit, but someone replaced the lock on his apartment, said 2nd Lt. Eric Geiger, a platoon leader with Company A, 1st Bn., 66th Armd. Regt.

"But if he does, he'll let us know," said Geiger a Littleton, Colo. native. "We'll continue to pass out flyers and talk to the locals until he is captured."

"The capturing of this criminal would be a victory for the people of Mamun by allowing the residents to rebuild without the fear of being attacked," said Maj. Joey Sullinger, a spokesperson for 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light), MND-B. "Removing criminals from Baghdad streets is a necessary step along the path to a secure and stable future for all Iraqi citizens, Iraqi security forces and government officials."

• Date Taken: 10.15.2008
• Date Posted: 10.15.2008 05:13
• Story ID: 24993
• Location: BAGHDAD, IQ