Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20091121-02
November 21, 2009

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division—Baghdad Soldiers and Iraqi Security Forces detained nine individuals based on warrants for their arrest, in the early morning  of Nov. 19.

At approximately 2:00 a.m., U.S. troops of the 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team and Iraqi Soldiers from the 17th IA Division arrested the suspects during a combined operation in al-Buaytha, in southern Baghdad.

The operation targeted an organization allegedly involved in multiple murders, the movement of weapons and improvised explosive device materials, as well as the intimidation of local nationals in the area.

Iraqi Security Forces transported the detainees to a nearby headquarters for questioning without incident.

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