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American marines have captured four Iraqi men suspected of playing a role in the kidnapping of an American journalist, Jill Carroll, in Baghdad in January, American military officials said Wednesday.
General Caldwell said one of four Iraqi suspects was a member of the Mujahedeen Shura Council, an umbrella group for several Sunni insurgent groups linked to Al Qaeda. The four were arrested in a series of home searches in Anbar Province, a region where several insurgent groups have battled American and Iraqi forces.
The series of home searches began with basic detective work by a young marine lieutenant from the Third Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment, earlier this year, General Caldwell said. Perusing intelligence briefs and reports that described what Ms. Carroll told American officials about her surroundings during captivity, the marine noticed that the description of green metal window bars and a driveway gate matched those at a home outside the town of Habbaniya that marines had spotted in patrols, General Caldwell said.
The marines asked to search the house, he said, and found items inside, including a bookshelf in an upstairs bedroom, that matched descriptions Ms. Carroll had given of a home where she was held.
American marines have captured four Iraqi men suspected of playing a role in the kidnapping of an American journalist, Jill Carroll, in Baghdad in January, American military officials said Wednesday.
General Caldwell said one of four Iraqi suspects was a member of the Mujahedeen Shura Council, an umbrella group for several Sunni insurgent groups linked to Al Qaeda. The four were arrested in a series of home searches in Anbar Province, a region where several insurgent groups have battled American and Iraqi forces.
The series of home searches began with basic detective work by a young marine lieutenant from the Third Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment, earlier this year, General Caldwell said. Perusing intelligence briefs and reports that described what Ms. Carroll told American officials about her surroundings during captivity, the marine noticed that the description of green metal window bars and a driveway gate matched those at a home outside the town of Habbaniya that marines had spotted in patrols, General Caldwell said.
The marines asked to search the house, he said, and found items inside, including a bookshelf in an upstairs bedroom, that matched descriptions Ms. Carroll had given of a home where she was held.