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RELEASE No. 20080220-07
February 20, 2008
MND-B Soldiers capture suspected ‘Prince of Princes’
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers captured a man suspected of being an Al Qaeda weapons trafficker during an operation in East Rashid Feb. 18.
Soldiers of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, attached to Task Force Dragon, knocked on a suspected criminal’s door in Doura and arrested two alleged weapons traffickers, including one alleged to be AQI’s “Prince of Princes.”
The suspected arms trafficker is believed to have received the moniker for his ability to transport weapons to certain groups.
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RELEASE No. 20080220-08
February 20, 2008
Iraqi National Police cordon vehicle, MND-B Soldiers seize 9 rockets
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD – Iraqi National Police and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers seized unfired rockets and a piece of unexploded ordnance Feb. 19 following an rocket attack at a combat outpost in eastern Baghdad.
Officials from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light), reported a suspicious vehicle in the area. Reacting quickly, National Police created a cordon and worked with Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment to search the vehicle.
Company B, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Soldiers found nine rockets in the truck, which had protruding wires, in the bed of the vehicle. The Soldiers also found an unexploded piece of ordnance and called explosive ordnance disposal personnel to the scene.
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