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RELEASE No. 20080719-06
July 19, 2008
MND-B Soldiers detain key suspected criminal in Taji Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers detained a highly sought after suspected criminal in Taji, northwest of Baghdad, July 18.
Soldiers from the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, detained the suspected Special Groups criminal, accused of supporting the insurgency in Iraq by supplying intelligence reports with the means to target U.S. installations with rockets.
“We will continue to hunt down these suspected criminals and bring them to justice,” said Maj. Al Hing, spokesperson for 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. “Our Soldiers will continue to target those criminals who pose a threat to Iraqi security and disrupt their networks.”
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RELEASE No. 20080719-07
July 19, 2008
INPs, IA, MND-B Soldiers seize munitions in Baghdad Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD – Iraqi National Police, and Iraqi Army and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers continued seizing weapons caches in Baghdad July 19.
Soldiers with the 24th Brigade, 6th Iraq Army Division seized 56 AK-47’s, two SKS rifles and two pistols in the West Rashid district of Baghdad at approximately 8:45 a.m.
Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, in a combined patrol with police from the 5th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi National Police Division, found a cache containing 10 AK-47’s in an abandoned house in West Rashid at approximately 9 a.m.
At approximately 12:30 p.m., Soldiers with 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division found a cache northwest of Baghdad consisting of four 57 mm rockets, an RPG launcher and two 155 mm mortar rounds.
Soldiers with the 2nd Brigade, 6th Iraq Army Division found a cache in the Kadamiyah district of Baghdad at approximately 12:00 a.m.. The munitions included three rocket propelled grenade launchers, five rocket boosters, two homemade improvised explosive device tubes and four RPG rounds.
A concerned citizen turned munitions in to 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div. Soldiers north of Baghdad at approximately 3:30 p.m., July 18. The munitions included a 122 mm artillery round, a 105 mm artillery round and three 57 mm projectile rounds.
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