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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080331-03     
March 31, 2008

ISF, CF kill 8 criminals, detain 2 others in pursuit to secure streets of Baghdad
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers killed eight criminals and detained two in separate incidents in Baghdad March 30.

At 6 a.m., Soldiers from 2nd BCT, 101st Airborne Division, were at a checkpoint in the Kadamiyah district when they reported receiving small-arms fire coming from the north. The Soldiers were approached by criminals on foot, and an aerial weapons team was called in to fire on the criminals. The aerial strike killed three criminals and injured one criminal.

At 7 a.m., Soldiers from 4th BCT, 10th Mountain Division, detained a criminal in the Karkh district based on suspicion of being highly involved with smuggling explosively formed penetrators and with ties to the fighting in Basra.

At 11:15 a.m., Soldiers from 4th BCT, 10th Mtn. Div. engaged and killed a criminal who was emplacing an improvised explosive device in New Baghdad.

At approximately noon, Soldiers from 1st BN., 2nd Stryker Cav. Regt. reported encountering a complex attack involving small-arms fire and attacks from rocket-propelled grenades while patrolling in eastern Baghdad. The Soldiers engaged and killed three criminals.

At 1 p.m., Soldiers from 22nd Bn., 6th Iraqi Army Div. arrested an Iraqi man after he was searched at a security checkpoint in Kadamiyah. The man was found to be carrying a large amount of illegal ammunition.

At 3:40 p.m., Soldiers from 4th BCT, 10th Mtn. Div. reported receiving five mortar rounds at Joint Security Station al-Khansa in New Baghdad. The Soldiers fired three rounds to counter the attack, then a sniper from the unit engaged and killed one of the criminals. The Soldiers requested an air strike, which destroyed the criminals’ mortar tube.

“We will be relentless in our pursuit of those breaking the law,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, MND-B spokesman. “If these criminals continue to attack innocent Iraqis and Coalition forces, we will pursue them and bring them to justice.”

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