suspected member of a criminal ring in the Bayji Oil Refinery was detained by Coalition forces in Bayji Sept. 4.The individual is the suspected leader of a terrorist cell working out of a village near the oil refinery. The cell is suspected of manufacturing improvised explosive devices, bribery, weapons trafficking and oil extortion. This individual is the third suspected member of this ring taken in by authorities in Bayji over the past week. The first member turned himself in to the Iraqi Police Aug. 31. The second was detained by Coalition force soldiers Sept. 3.
“These criminals have turned the BOR into a key financial node for the enemies of Iraq,” said Maj. Peggy Kageleiry, a spokeswoman for CF north of Baghdad. “With the dismantling of this cell, the true owners of the BOR can finally reap the benefits of its production.”
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