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Suspect arrested in Menchacas torture, slaying By EMMA PEREZ-TREVIÑO The Brownsville Herald December 29, 2006 Iraqi soldiers on Tuesday captured a suspect wanted in the brutal kidnapping, torture and slaying of Brownsville native Pfc. Kristian Menchaca and a fellow soldier in June. U.S. military officials confirmed Thursday that the suspect is an al-Qaida terror cell leader, according to a statement issued through the public affairs office of the Multi-National Corps in Camp Victory, Iraq. Special Iraqi army forces captured the unidentified man with coalition advisers during operations in Al Yusifiyah, south of Baghdad. Menchacas family members were not immediately available for comment. The 23-year-old soldier attended Porter High and Vela Middle schools in Brownsville and also lived in Houston before enlisting in the Army. Menchaca, Army Pfc. Thomas L. Tucker, 25, of Madras, Ore.; and Army Spc. David J. Babineau, 25, of Springfield, Mass. came under fire June 16 at a traffic control point south of Yusifiyah. Babineaus body was recovered at the ambush site, but Menchaca and Tucker were kidnapped. Their bodies were found June 19 next to a road near the village of Mufaraji, northwest of Yusifiyah. Several explosive devices were encountered, delaying the recovery of the bodies until the following day. The three soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky. Military officials said Thursday that there had been no casualties in the arrest of the terrorist suspect. Recently, the terrorist was commenting on the kidnapping during the showing of a video CD at a Yousifiyah (sic) mosque, the military statement notes. The CD reportedly showed the kidnapping of the U.S. soldiers. The terrorist is also suspected of perpetrating numerous kidnappings, murders and other violent crimes within the Yousifiyah (sic) area. Iraqi forces conducted an air assault operation and quickly captured the suspect without incident, officials said. The statement added that one other person detained was later released. Officials have said they will provide a full accounting of the events leading to the ambush on the soldiers when an inquiry is complete. The Associated Press reported in mid-July that National Security Adviser Mouwafak Al Rubaie in Baghdad said the terrorist who killed the soldiers, Diyar Ismail Mahmoud, known as Abu Al Afghani, had been killed in a clash with security officers. Rubaie did not say when Mahmoud was wounded or died. U.S. military officials were not available for comment. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
