{"id":31596,"date":"2019-12-05T19:59:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T19:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/12\/05\/us-offering-15-million-bounty-for-info-on-iranian-who-planned-2007-karbala-attack-that-killed-5-us-troops\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:48:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:48:56","slug":"us-offering-15-million-bounty-for-info-on-iranian-who-planned-2007-karbala-attack-that-killed-5-us-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/12\/05\/us-offering-15-million-bounty-for-info-on-iranian-who-planned-2007-karbala-attack-that-killed-5-us-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"US offering $15 million for info on Iranian planner of 2007 Karbala attack that killed 5 US troops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The U.S. State Department announced Thursday it was offering $15 million for information related to an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Commander who planned one of the most sophisticated attacks against coalition troops in Iraq, killing five soldiers in 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian Hook, the U.S. special representative on Iran , told reporters Thursday during a press briefing that the $15 million reward was for information on financial activities, networks and associates of Yemen-based IRGC-Qods Force commander Abdul Reza Shahlai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bounty is not for Shalai\u2019s death or capture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iran\u2019s Qods force conducts irregular war and intelligence collection activities and is tasked with exporting the 1979 revolution. The group has wreaked havoc in conflicts across the Middle East from Yemen to Syria, training proxy forces and carrying out attacks on Western and U.S. interests in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shahlai has a \u201clong history of attacks against Americans and our allies globally,\u201d Hook said. \u201cHe planned multiple assassinations of coalition forces in Iraq.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t