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RELEASE No. 20080917-05
Sept. 17, 2008
MND-B Soldiers find IEDs, detain suspected criminal in Baghdad
Multi-National Division – Baghdad
FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq – Multi-National Division –Baghdad Soldiers found two improvised-explosive devices in Baghdad’s Rashid district Sep. 16.
At approximately 8:30 a.m., National Police from the 1st Battalion, 7th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, reported a possible IED to Soldiers of Troop B, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, in the Zubaida community.
The NP cordoned the area while Troop B Soldiers investigated the site and called an explosives ordnance disposal unit. The EOD unit confirmed one 105 mm artillery round and conducted a controlled detonation on site.
At approximately 7:50 p.m., National Police from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd NP Div., reported a possible IED to Soldiers from Company D, 4th Bn., 64th Armor Regiment, attached to the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., in the Bayaa community.
Soldiers from Company A, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, attached to the 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., helped secure the site for an explosives ordnance disposal unit to disarm the IED.
The EOD unit removed a 12-inch cylinder magnetic rocket-propelled grenade and cell phone initiator from under a vehicle seat.
At approximately 9 p.m., Sons of Iraq and National Police from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd NP Division, detained a suspected criminal in the Aamel community of Rashid based on intelligence from Coalition forces.
“Criminal attacks are proving to be ineffective against Coalition forces and citizens in the Rashid district,” said Lt. Col. Paul Hossenlopp, deputy commander, 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div. “The combined security effort from the Soldiers of the 1st ‘Raider’ BCT and Iraqi Security Forces continues to take weapons out of the hands of the enemy.”
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RELEASE No. 20080917-04
Sept. 17, 2008
Tip from SoI leads MND-B Soldiers to munitions in northwest of Baghdad
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD – A Sons of Iraq member and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers combined their efforts to secure the Baghdad area and uncover weapons caches Sept. 16.
A tip from a Sheik, who serves as a SoI member, led Soldiers serving with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, to the seizure of seven 57 mm rockets northwest of Baghdad at approximately 10:30 a.m.
At approximately 12:30 p.m., Soldiers serving with Company B, 1st Battalion, 14th Inf. Regt., 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., found a munitions cache north of Baghdad. The munitions included a 152 mm high-explosive projectile, five sticks of TNT, 15 pounds of TNT charges, a rocket-propelled grenade launcher and a rifle.
“The Soldiers of 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, continue to diligently scour the areas north and northwest of Baghdad to remove these dangerous weapons as threats to the Iraqi people,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, spokesman, MND-B and the 4th Infantry Division. “Working with the Sheiks, Sons of Iraq and Iraqi Security Forces in their areas, they are truly making a difference every day.”
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