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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080512-01
May 12, 2008

MND-B Soldiers seize munitions, detain criminals (Baghdad)

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers detained five criminals and 13 suspected criminals in separate events in the West Rashid and Kadhamiyah districts of Baghdad May 11.

At approximately 7 a.m., Soldiers with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, detained a known criminal and six other suspected criminals while conducting a population engagement operation in Kadhamiyah.

At approximately 7:45 a.m., Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, detained a suspect and three other individuals during Operation Tusker Chamberlain in West Rashid.

At approximately 8:00 a.m., MND-B Soldiers detained another suspect and three other individuals allegedly involved in planning improvised-explosives device attacks against Iraqi Security and Coalition forces.

At approximately 11:20 a.m., Soldiers with the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, seized a munitions cache, west of Baghdad. The cache consisted of a 55-gallon drum filled with more than 300 pounds of homemade explosives. The area was cleared and the munitions were detonated on site.

At approximately 11:50 a.m., Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division detained a person of interest and an alleged criminal suspected of attacks in the area while conducting a search operation in Kadhamiyah.

At approximately noon, Iraqi Police with the 2nd National Police Division detained two individuals. Both are suspected of criminal activities in the area in Kadhamiyah.

At approximately 2:50 p.m., Soldiers with the 18th Military Police Brigade seized a cache of 122 mm rockets in East Rashid.

“U.S. Soldiers, in full partnership with the Iraqi Security Forces, will never cease in the efforts to protect the people of Iraq from terrorists and criminals,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, MND-B and 4th Infantry Division spokesman. “It is a never ending, never changing contract between U.S. Soldiers and the people of Baghdad.”

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