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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070620-10
June 20, 2007

MND-B Soldiers capture suspected bomb-maker, 13 others
1st BCT, 1st Cav. Div.
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

CAMP TAJI, Iraq — Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers captured a suspected member of an alleged bomb-making cell in Sab al Bor, Iraq June 19.
 
Soldiers from Battery C, 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery, attached to the 1st  Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, captured the suspect using information from intelligence sources. In all, the unit detained 14 suspects for questioning during the operation.
 
“This offensive as part of the surge is allowing us to continually target both Shiite and Sunni extremist groups,” said Austin, Texas native Lt. Col. Peter Andrysiak, deputy commanding officer, 1st BCT, 1st Cav. Div. “This (IED cell) is a group known for targeting Coalition Forces and inciting sectarian violence.”
      
The raid was part of a large-scale, sector-wide initiative to eliminate threats to Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces, and to curb violence in the area north of the Iraqi capital. 

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