Iraqi security forces continue to strengthen

Iraqi Security Forces, U.S. Special Forces detain rogue Jaysh al-Mahdi leader Thursday, 26 July 2007 Multi-National Corps – IraqPublic Affairs Office, Camp VictoryAPO AE 09342 BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces, with U.S. Special Forces as advisors, detained a cell leader of a rogue Jaysh al-Mahdi militia July 25 in southwestern Baghdad. The Iraqi Forces detained their primary suspect without incident and captured four other suspicious individuals who were present during the operation. The primary suspect is believed to command a rogue Jaysh al-Mahdi cell that is allegedly responsible for the death squad killings of more than 150 Sunni Arab Iraqis. The detainees are being held for questioning. No Iraqi or Coalition Forces were injured in the operation