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(TS//SI) NSA/CSS Georgia Contributes to Capture of Iraqi Terrorist
Leader
FROM:
Corporate Communications Coordinator, NSA/CSS Georgia (F71)
Run Date: 02/28/2006
(TS//SI) Terrorist
and associates captured in Baghdad following SIGINT tipoffs.
(TS//SI) NSA/CSS Georgia (NSAG) recently provided actionable intelligence that led to the
capture of an insurgent cell leader in Iraq. The target was originally developed by the NSAW
Target Office of Primary Interest (S2E2), and close coordination between NSAG and Cryptologic
Support Team (CST) elements forward made this operation possible.
(TS//SI) NSAG's Iraq Counterinsurgency Branch tracks selected mujahidin targets in the
Baghdad area, including a cell led by
, aka
has been
involved in several nefarious activities, including kidnappings and attacks on Coalition
forces. Most recently,
cell has been preparing an attack against Iraqi forces in
western Baghdad.
(TS//SI) NSAG analysts, working very closely with CST personnel embedded with the U.S. Army
4th Infantry Division, reported
's plans to meet with associates at a named Baghdad
restaurant on 7 February. Unfortunately, neither NSAG analysts nor personnel deployed forward
were able to locate the restaurant. Later that day,
disclosed to associates that he had
recently rented an apartment in the Abu Ghurayb area and provided the apartment's landline
phone number for their future use.
(TS//SI) As a result of NSAG tipping and reporting, the U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division carried
out an operation to capture
on 8 February. Even as the raid was ongoing, NSAG
operators continued to tip cell members' activities to U.S. forces. Several personnel were
captured, including
The coordination between NSAG analysts and CST personnel
was seamless and vital to the success of this operation.
(TS//SI)
(TS//SI) For more information, contact
Counterinsurgency Branch Chief, at
taken into custody.
,
secure.
NSAG S2E2,
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