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Press Release A080522A
May 22, 2008
Coalition forces capture weapons smuggler, kidnapper in outskirts of Baghdad
BAGHDAD – Coalition forces furthered their degradation of the Special Groups criminal element Thursday, after capturing six suspected outlaws during simultaneous operations around Baghdad.
Coalition forces targeted an alleged weapons smuggler and kidnapper wanted for supplying lethal aid to outlaws in the Shu’la area of Baghdad. The individual is suspected of supplying anti-Iraqi forces with small arms and rockets.
Coalition forces approached the suspected criminal’s residence, where he identified himself to be the wanted individual. Forces detained him without incident.
About 8 kilometers northeast of Baghdad in the town of J’far Ghanawi, Coalition Forces detained another criminal, wanted for kidnapping and other violent crimes against Iraqis. The targeted individual is believed to be personally responsible for the kidnapping, torture and murder of numerous Iraqis over the past year.
The force moved in on the suspected outlaw’s location where they detained him and four other suspected criminals without incident. Coalition forces found numerous weapons including AK-47s, grenades and improvised explosive device-making materials in the outlaw’s residence.
“Coalition forces are affecting the criminals’ ability to destabilize Iraq by taking Special Groups leadership off the streets,” said Maj. John Hall, MNF-I spokesman.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080522-04
May 22, 2008
ISF, MND-B Soldiers take deadly weapons off streets of Baghdad
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers discovered weapons caches and prevented a potential deadly attack May 21 in Baghdad.
Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, found a weapons cache at approximately 12:05 p.m. in the Kamaliya area of New Baghdad. Soldiers discovered 16 mortar charges; 26 shotgun shells; a rocket-propelled-grenade launcher scope; an RPG round and 35, 5.56mm rounds.
At approximately 1:30 p.m. in Kadhamiyah, Iraqi Army Soldiers from 5th Battalion, 22nd Brigade, 6th IA Division, found a 155mm artillery round rigged to be used as an improvised-explosive device; an RPG round; five AK-47s; a 60mm mortar tube with bipod; 1,000, 7.62mm rounds and several electric components.
A Sons of Iraq member alerted Soldiers from 4th BCT, 10th Mtn. Div., about a weapons cache in the Umar area of Rusafa at approximately 1:30 p.m. The Soldiers seized three 60mm mortar rounds; two 82mm mortar rounds; an RPG launcher with an RPG attached; an AK-47 and two fuses.
At approximately 2 p.m. in the Karkh district, IA Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 22nd Brigade, 6th IA Div., found a vehicle rigged with more than 80 pounds of explosives to be used as a car bomb. The IA Soldiers cordoned off the area to safeguard innocent locals.
The car detonated 15 minutes later, apparently as a result of terrorists realizing that the IAs had discovered the vehicle they were planning to use to kill innocent Iraqis. No one was injured as a result of the explosion.
Soldiers from 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, found two Katusha rockets and two rocket tubes west of Baghdad at approximately 5 p.m.
“The professional Soldiers of Multi-National Division – Baghdad and the Iraq Army continue to combine their efforts in taking these dangerous weapons off the streets of Baghdad,” said Col. Allen Batschelet, chief of staff, MND-B and the 4th Infantry Division. “They are vigilant in safeguarding the Iraqi people.”
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