Coalition forces captured a suspected Special Groups facilitator and killed an armed criminal south of Baghdad early morning of March 7, 2008.

The targeted individual was reportedly an Iranian-backed Special Groups facilitator who arranged for Special Groups criminal militia members to receive training in Iran. The training prepared Special Groups criminals for sniper, improvised explosive device and explosively formed penetrator attacks against Iraqi and Coalition forces. As a facilitator, he reportedly coordinated Special Groups funding, training and weapons. Reports also indicate the wanted individual was an associate of Iranian-backed Special Groups criminals involved in attacks on Iraqi and Coalition forces.

Also the MNFI announced that about 100 remaining of burned corpses found near Khalis. Al-Sharqia T.V. reported the US sources said there are possibilities that the bodies belong to sometimes ago buried in a mass grave.