Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080512-04
May 12, 2008

IP, CF detain 2 in Mussayib area off local tips

Multi-National Division – Center PAO

FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq – Mussayib Iraqi Police and Multi-
National Division – Center Soldiers detained two suspects May 6 in the Mussayib
area, south of Baghdad.

“I have never felt more confident heading into a detainment operation than
this,” said 1st Lt. Zachary Boes, a platoon leader with 4th Brigade Combat Team,
3rd Infantry Division. “We were sure that the targets were at their locations
because we had informants keeping eyes on them until we got there.”

MND-C Soldiers and the IPs received intelligence from informants about
two individuals suspected of being the cameramen during a March 23
explosively-formed projectile attack. This attack killed a Coalition force Soldier.

Boes said the mission was a success because of the local citizens’ actions
to inform the ISF and CF in the area.

“If it had not been for them, it is possible these suspects would still be on
the streets,” he said.

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