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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070724-01
July 24, 2007

Troops capture seven suspected insurgents
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

FORWARD OPERATING BASE LOYALTY, Iraq — Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers and Iraqi troops captured seven suspected insurgents during a combined raid July 21 in the Zafaraniya section of eastern Baghdad.
    
The Soldiers, with Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, and the 1st Battalion, 4th Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division, launched the raid in hopes of shutting down a cell believed responsible for making improvised explosive devices and indirect fire attacks. The seven suspects are being held for further questioning.
   
The captures came as insurgents have stepped up their activity against Iraqi civilians and police officers. Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces have responded by driving into insurgent strongholds and setting up combat outposts and joint security stations as part of Operation Fardh Al-Qanoon, better known as the Baghdad Security Plan.
 
Coalition and Iraqi Forces continue to reach out to Baghdad residents, encouraging them to turn in insurgents.  These tips, together with other intelligence-driven efforts, have led to an increase in captures.

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