Show I A10 —The Herald Journal Lioganr Utah Thursday December 18 2003 has based its theories on interrogation reports from captured midlevel guerrillas or leaders familiar only with their own cells the military official said Hie compartmentalized nature of Iraq’s guerrilla movement and the lack of strict central i Continued from A1 other 'soldiers handcuffed four men who were later released :The raid launched before 'dawn and lasting until mid- - " morning targeted the city of Samarra north of Baghdad US officials say some 1 300 fightersoperate in Samarra making it one of the persistent Sunni hotspots in the V Triangle “Samarra has been a little hit of & thorn iifcour side" said AP photo Col Nate Sassaman “It hasn’t A US soldier from 3rd Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division come along as quickly as other applies camouflage face pafnt before go)n(j ora mission 'In Samarra cities in the rebuilding of Iraq i lmq’on Wednesday This operation is designed to ' a US soldier laughing as he : the industrial area where they bring them up to speed” ' The coalition scored a major sai atop a Bradley found little One military offiThe sweep came after US cial said he suspected insurvictory Saturday by nabbing Saddam who Iraqi officials troops on Tuesday snared a ' ' gents moved much of their ' revealed Wednesday was equipment to farms outside suspected rebel leader and 78 : other people' all in one build- town being held in the Baghdad area But violence has said Sassaman where Samarra near they troops in ing ' continued in the capital and in apparently were planning Samarra seized four rocket- 'attacks On Mondayguerrillas predominantly Sunni areas propelled grenade launchers west and north of Baghdad and a dozen assauh rifles as in the city ambushed ah Americanmaterial well as bomb-makin- g once Saddam’s power base -patrol sparking a battle In the northern city of Meanwhile a member of in which soldiers killed 11 Mosul assailants shot and V attackers-- ' the Iraqi Govkilled a policeman Wednesday “They've made a mistake to- erning Council said the US attack US forces Sassaman " military is holding Saddam in police said And Iraqi security ' the Baghdad area US offi- said ‘‘No one knows the town forces there opened fire on ' ' ' cials have previously said the do than better We're we protesters former dictator was at an clean this wounding nine witnesses said gonna place” undisclosed location in Iraq In Baghdad a fuel truck With Saddam' in custody V “He is still in with a after the most wanted colliding Iraqi fugitive greater Bagh- -' exploded bus at art intersection killing a dad" said council member ' is Izzat Ibrahim " Mouwafak 10 Iraqis and wounding 20 — member of the initial will ms there he be dai former to Iraqi by stay “Maybe regime thought raising until he stands trial'-attacks officials that it was a suicide organizing anti-U- S ' But it was unclear whether bombing by Saddam loyalists is ' But US officials later said US officials think ' an not accident in the Samarra area the blast was No partical board In Wednesday's sweep s)- -' an attack j FuNy assembled " In the Samarra raid by some vdiers used satellite positioning Lifetime Warranty devices to locate buildings ' 2500 troops dubbed bpera- tion Ivy Blizzard the 4th targets As Apache helicopters flew Jnfantry Division and Iraqi' forces detained at least a dozen overhead troops downtown — fanned out iii squads of 14 to though guerrillas suspected storm several walled resided-others got away apparently ' tipped off about the raid compounds using plastic ' In theeity's industrial zone explosives to break in an At home one explosion troops used even their Bradley ' ignited a small fire Else-"fighting vehicles id break Where: a suspect was punched down the dtxMSof warehous- in the head and a soldier said:'- -: es workshop and junkyards': “You'redead You're dead" “Locksmiths' will make a lot of money these days” said Troops later moved on to ' V ' ed 1- -8 - cur-rent- ly ! ' ed - m ' - high-ranki- ’ Previous Military statements ( placed the size of the rebel cdh at 10to20Glmeiid)erswitha dozen or so guerrilla units oper-atin- g 'Continued from A1 in and around Baghdad y alone The estimate of 5000 received some guidance from guerrillas across Iraq includes above' members only the hard-co-re ' “It isn’t just one or two ' control has made the job espenot the “actual atiackers — the V individuals who are saying cially difficult guys who are being paid to ‘On Friday this particular cell attack the guys who might be “The thing we’re very interin Baghdad you’re directed to ested in is the extent to which peripherally invdved" the mildo this operation ' That would he still may pull the strings” itary officialsaid : be a real exception to the In the Sunni Muslim areas the official said referring to nde the official said “I’d Y Saddam “We’ve got to make " - north of Baghdad Col Red- - I: sure that if we do get anything nick Rudesheim of the US expect it to be more along the ' out of him that we’re able to ljnesof These are die kinds :Anny’s4th Infantry Division of things we want to encour-into said the insurgency seemed to some that tun rapidly ' : consist of “very small" cells kind of action" age you to do over the next ' iwo weeks” under the control of “a few The leadership alsp offen A briefcase of documents the rebels “goods and ser- individuals" seized during Saturday’s capdices’’ from a pool of cash and “Although a few individuture of Saddam near the north als that are in control over expertise which can be seen em city of Tikrit clarified the time can exert control over in the similarities in the ofthe attacks cities in this decentralized cellular picture taking place from Nasiriyah in southern structure” Rudesheim said ' insurgency in Baghdad and its In Samarra alone the divi- leadership Army Brig Gen Iraq to Bagdad in the center Mark Hertling oif the 1st sion has been battling a stub- and Mosid in the north Armored Division told APon bom guerrilla movement “I think its fair there are some kinds of talents and Monday numbering about 1500 fight- The division used data from some kinds of activities that ers Capt Matthew Cunningthe intelligence trove on Sun-ham of the 4th Infantry are more centralized” the official said “Money is one Division said Wednesday day and Monday to arrest key The military official in of those goods" figures leading the insurgency in Baghdad Hertling said The said guerrilla recruit- Central coordination can be Baghdad ' theanti-US confirmed done in also in mosques ’seen is or intelligence pror ing the existence of rebel cells networks Saddam demonstrations that of friends1 through whose presence was previousand among die pool of disen- crop up simultaneously in cities across the country and franchised Iraqis — especially ly only suspected he Said On Wednesday the senior -- in the types of bombs and tac- - " Sunni Muslims — and the " official " in Baghdad said inteltics used in ambushes the ' unemployed including some ' formasoldiers and officialsaid 400000 ligence analysts are hoping to ' " 25 OOO senior Baath ' use Saddam’s details “to get ‘There are some skill sets Party better clarity" about the guerthat we think probably move : members disbanded in May across regions" the official rilla movement by order of US administrator: Until now the US military L Paul Bremdr said ' ' : an -- to-sa- ! - - - : : - uiuittiituiiiu Baljfyvin Optical J We're at : the Willow's i Restaurant k J 1 CA 2 : ' Eft M Aa w VJNJ a"m a OffGUunl I j b lUUIUIIiliUUI i pre-mark- ed ?' 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