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NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101
Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894
October 23, 2005
Release Number: 05-10-82

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

IRAQI, U.S. FORCES CATCH TERRORISTS IN THE ACT

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Task Force Baghdad Soldiers and Iraqi security forces detained three terror suspects and found two improvised explosive devices during combat operations Oct. 22-23.

Responding to a mortar attack north of Baghdad Oct. 22, a U.S. patrol stopped a suspicious vehicle in the area. The occupants had been seen retrieving an object from a bush along the road. Upon searching the vehicle, the Soldiers found a video camera and footage recording the mortar impacts. Two individuals were detained for further questioning.

Earlier in the day, another Task Force Baghdad unit patrolling the Al Bayaa district of south Baghdad detained a suspected terrorist who was carrying a loaded rocket-propelled grenade launcher.

More munitions were found by a different U.S. patrol on a road southeast of Baghdad Oct. 23. The IED consisted of two 155mm rounds in a fuel can. The Soldiers secured the area and called in an explosive ordnance disposal team to destroy the bomb.

Iraqi Police found another potential IED Oct. 23 in Al Bayaa. The IPs took charge of the device which consisted of a 120mm shell with TNT and small bottles of gas with nails.

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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS RELEASE, CONTACT THE TASK FORCE BAGHDAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS PLANS AND OPERATIONS NCO, SGT. FIRST CLASS DAVID ABRAMS AT: DAVID.ABRAMS@ID3.ARMY.MIL.

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