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MND-B Soldiers capture 9 terrorists in Baghdad
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Soldiers from Multi-National Division – Baghdad’s 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, captured five members of a death squad, one of whom was identified as a leader, during a cordon and search in Mahmudiyah at approximately 1:40 a.m. today.

In a separate incident MND-B Soldiers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Inf. Regt., 2nd BCT, detained a wanted terrorist in southwest Baghdad at approximately 2:30 a.m. today while conducting a dismounted cordon and search mission.

The wanted terrorist was discovered after Soldiers entered a house in which they believed the target was hiding and detained him and another suspect.

Soldiers then moved to the house next door, where they detained two more suspects for whom arrest warrants had been issued.

There were no reported injuries or damages to MND-B personnel or equipment.

Iraqi Soldiers, Marines rescue three hostages, recover large weapons cache
REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM-5 PAO

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq – Marines from Regimental Combat Team 5’s, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, and soldiers from 2nd and 4th Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division, rescued three Iraqi hostages in an intelligence-driven operation July 23. The three were personal assistants and bodyguards to Dr. Rafa Hayid Chiad Al-Isaw, an Iraqi government official in Baghdad.

“We are extremely pleased we were able to recover these three Iraqi citizens,” said Col. Larry D. Nicholson, commanding officer for RCT-5. “The safety of Iraqi citizens to move freely about their own country without fear is a priority for U.S and Iraqi forces and we will continue to assist the Iraqi Army and Iraqi Police in ensuring their citizens have a future that is free of terrorism.”

The three were held captive by al-Qaeda insurgents in a spiderhole complex for 27 days. The hostages were beaten with electrical cords, bitten and threatened with their lives at gunpoint by their captors. They were treated by Coalition Forces medical personnel.

The three were taken hostage by al-Qaeda insurgents west of Zaidon, a rural area south of Fallujah. They were rescued near Fuhaylat, southwest of Fallujah.

Also recovered nearby was a significant weapons cache, including a fully-assembled suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device. Marines also recovered IEDs and IED-making material, mortar tubes and round, artillery rounds, machine guns, bulk explosives, anti-tank mines, rocket-propelled grenades and launchers, AK-47 assault rifles, small-arms ammunition and video cameras.

Regimental Combat Team 5, partnered with Iraqi Security Force units, is currently conducting counter-insurgency and security operations in the greater Fallujah area.

Iraqi citizen’s tip leads MND-B Soldiers to weapons
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Soldiers from Multi-National Division – Baghdad’s Troop A, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, seized weapons in southeast Baghdad at approximately 5 a.m. today.

While acting on a tip from an Iraqi citizen, Soldiers searched a cement factory and found a sniper rifle, an AK-47, a PKC machinegun, two hand grenades, a pair of military style binoculars and 379 rounds of ammunition.

Soldiers also detained four suspected terrorists from the location.

Release No. 20060727-04
MND-B patrol captures 6 detainees, unearths weapons cache

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers detained six suspected terrorists and located a buried weapons cache southwest of Baghdad Tuesday.

Soldiers from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, noticed a suspicious burial site while conducting a dismounted combat patrol at approximately 2:15 p.m.

The Soldiers cordoned off the area and unearthed 14 120mm and 12 60mm mortar rounds, a box of miscellaneous ammunition, two mortar sites and other bomb-making materials.

The weapons cache was destroy in a controlled detonation by an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team.


Citizen’s tip helps IA foil large market attack, detain suspects
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – A concerned Iraqi citizen’s tip lead Iraqi army soldiers to a shop south of Baghdad Wednesday night, where they found a munitions cache.

Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, investigated a carpentry shop and seized 58 homemade bombs, three rocket-propelled grenade boosters and two improvised-explosive devices attached to batteries.

IA soldiers also detained a suspected terrorist at the site and seven others suspected of plotting an upcoming attack on a traffic control point.

Release No. 20060727-05
MND-B Soldiers detain 5 terrorists, seize 4 weapons caches, 2 roadside bombs, in Babil province
BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad’s 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, captured five wanted terrorists and seized four weapons caches during a counter-insurgency mission which began at approximately 2 a.m. Monday and continued through approximately 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Sayifiyah, a city in Babil province.

Overall, the caches consisted of: a large caliber machine gun, a coax machinegun, an Iraqi MK-19 grenade launcher, an Iraqi .50-caliber machine gun, a rocket propelled grenade launcher, a 125mm and an 80mm projectile, 14 120mm mortar rounds, seven 80mm mortar rounds, 16 60mm mortar rounds, 50 25mm rounds, 16 22mm projectiles, 200 rounds of .50-caliber ammunition and two additional duffel bags full of .50-caliber ammunition, a box of miscellaneous ammunition, a variety of 12 grenades, an unknown amount of ammunition for the co-ax machine gun, and an unknown number of miscellaneous mortar rounds.

The caches also included a duffel bag full of miscellaneous bomb-making making materials, a duffle bag full of mortar fuses, a duffel bag full of detonation cord, and a wide variety of additional bomb-making material.

During the operations, Soldiers also disabled an improvised-explosive device and identified a vehicle-borne improvised-explosive device, which was destroyed by an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team.

The suspected terrorists were detained for questioning. No injuries were reported during the two-day mission.

Release No. 20060727-02
IA, MND-B Soldiers capture weapons, munitions, 5 detainees
BAGHDAD
– Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, discovered approximately 100 long range control devices used for improvised-explosive devices and a .50 caliber machine gun in an abandoned vehicle while conducting a search southeast of Baghdad at approximately 7:50 a.m. Tuesday.

The Soldiers confiscated the weapons and vehicle.

In another incident at approximately 8 a.m. soldiers from 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, found an improvised-explosive device near the Yusufiyah Hospital, and disabled it.

In the northern Baghdad district of Adhamiyah, soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 6th IAD discovered an antitank mine underneath a vehicle parked next to a gas station. They cordoned off the area until an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team could disable the device.

A concerned citizen notified Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Inf. Div., of a possible weapons cache near Hamdi, approximately 30 miles north of Baghdad at approximately 9:20 a.m. He led them to a location in a remote field where they uncovered seven sub-munitions shape charges. Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams destroyed the munitions.

At approximately 12:15 p.m., Soldiers from 4th Bde., 6th IAD, stopped a vehicle at a check point and found an RPK rifle and two AK-47s. The five men in the vehicle were detained for questioning.

1st BCT Soldiers seize weapons, munitions
CAMP TAJI
, Iraq – Patrols from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division found weapons and munitions at sites north and west of Baghdad Monday night and Tuesday.

A patrol from 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, seized 1,000 7.62mm rounds, 800 PKC rounds, a 155mm artillery round, a German sniper rifle, a 9mm pistol, an AK-47 assault rifle and various bomb-making materials after responding to a tip west of Baghdad at approximately 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Another patrol from 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., seized various ammunition, consisting of 400 7.62mm rounds of ammunition, 12 AK-47 magazines with ammunition and 53 shotgun shells at approximately 11:30 p.m. Monday west of Baghdad.


Coalition forces capture terrorist, another associate north of Tikrit

BAGHDAD – Coalition forces successfully targeted and captured a wanted terrorist and another associate during a raid north of Tikrit July 27.

The targeted terrorist is a known leader of several al–Qaida in Iraq members in the area. Intelligence indicates that his group is responsible for an attack on a government of Iraq checkpoint July 6, which killed nine Iraqi security forces and wounded 14 others.

The assault force quickly secured the area and captured the terrorist without incident. No Iraqi civilians or Coalition forces were injured during the operation.

Release No. 20060727-03
IPs, MND-B Soldiers seize weapons, detain suspects

BAGHDAD – Elements of 1st Battalion, 6th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, along with Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, seized weapons, munitions and detained five suspects Wednesday while conducting a counter-death squad operation in southern Baghdad.

The cache consisted of various bomb-making materials, two AK-47 rifles, a pistol and a box containing identifying documents and pictures.

Two MND-B Soldiers suffered minor wounds during the operation.

IA, IPs, MND-B work together, detain 12 terrorists
CAMP TAJI, Iraq – A combined patrol of Iraqi police from Saab al Bour and the 463rd Military Police Company attached to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, detained 12 suspected terrorists and seized a cache of weapons and ammunition after the suspects attacked their patrol with small-arms fire north of Baghdad at approximately 8 p.m. on July 25.

The patrol of IPs and MPs cordoned the area and called the Joint Communications Center for assistance; a patrol from the 2nd Tank Bde., 9th Iraqi Army Div. responded and rendered assistance with the cordon and search.

The combined forces detained 12 suspects and confiscated a sniper rifle, five AK-47 assault rifles, three hand grenades, two 1,000-round drums of PKC machine gun ammunition, two PKC magazines of ammunition, 20 AK-47 magazines of ammunition and a brief case of terrorist propaganda materials.

Iraqi Forces Divert Mission To Aid Citizen in Distress
BALAD –
During a pre-dawn raid in Baghdad on July 26 to capture a ‘death squad’ member, Iraqi forces diverted their mission to free an Iraqi citizen who was abducted and being beaten by two unknown assailants.

As the Iraqi forces moved toward their original objective in the Abu Ghurayb area of Baghdad, they discovered an Iraqi citizen who was bound and being beaten by two men while he lay on the ground.

The Iraqi assault force surprised the kidnappers and an exchange of gunfire ensued. During the gun fight, one of the kidnappers and the hostage were wounded while the second kidnapper fled the scene. Both were treated on the scene by a U.S. Army Special Forces medic who was with the Iraqi forces in an advisory capacity.

The hostage and the kidnapper were evacuated immediately to a nearby U.S. military medical facility for emergency treatment. Both are expected to recover.

The hostage was abducted at approximately 10 p.m. on July 25 as he returned home from work.

No Iraqi or coalition forces were injured during this operation.

Iraqi citizen leads MND-B Soldiers to terrorist weapons, cash
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division- Baghdad Soldiers searched three houses Wednesday night and seized weapons and a large amount of money in central Baghdad after acting on a tip from an Iraqi citizen.

At the first house, Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, discovered a considerable amount of ammunition and two body armor vests; as the Soldiers continued to search the house, they found a false wall that contained mortar rounds and more ammunition.

In an adjoining house, the MND-B Soldiers found AK-47s, bloody clothes and anti-Coalition Forces propaganda. The Soldiers then moved to a third house that appeared to have been used as a sniper position, where they found spent shell casings and $17,000 in U.S. currency.

When the raids concluded, MND-B seized a 60mm mortar tube with base plate, 100 60mm and 81mm mortar rounds, four AK-47s with magazines, a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, two 102mm rockets, two hand grenades, five cases of 7.62mm ammunition and various bomb-making materials.

Soldiers removed the smaller weapons and an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team conducted a controlled detonation to destroy the larger munitions.

IPs, MND-B Soldiers find explosives
1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div.
BAGHDAD
– Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers and Iraqi police seized explosives Wednesday night after searching a building north of Baghdad.

While conducting a dismounted combined patrol, Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and IPs were attacked by terrorists using small-arms fire from an apartment complex.

The Soldiers and IPs searched the building and found five blocks of explosives, an AK-47 and ammunition. Six suspects were questioned and taken into custody in connection with the incident.
An Explosive Ordnance Disposal team removed the explosives without further incident.

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