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Fort Drum, New York Home of the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) June 7, 2007 Release # 0706-12 By 2nd BCT Public Affairs NEWS RELEASE: 2nd BCT, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade kill IED emplacers AZ ZAIDON, IRAQ – Apache attack helicopters engaged and destroyed an improvised explosive device emplacement team near Az Zaidon, Iraq, southwest of Baghdad June 7. The IED emplacement team was observed preparing a site, emplacing, and covering the IED by an unmanned aerial vehicle at about 10:30 a.m. The UAV, controlled by the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, continued surveillance of the team until...

KIRKUK, Iraq (Army News Service, Feb. 27, 2006) – During a joint cordon and search with Soldiers of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Sunday, police officers from the Kirkuk Emergency Support Unit captured a reported member of the Ansar Al Sunna taqfiri organization, and seven other suspects. According to officials, Abu Abdallah, a suspected member of Ansar Al Sunna, is linked to attacks on Iraqi Security Forces in the Kirkuk area and may have actually emplaced the improvised explosive devices for these attacks himself. Another of those detained by the police, a local security guard...