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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080420-11
April 20, 2008

MND-B Soldiers kill 12 criminals
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers killed 12 criminals and detained three in separate events in Baghdad April 20. 

At 6:40 a.m., MND-B Soldiers witnessed five individuals emplacing an improvised explosive device in the Adhamiyah district. The Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment engaged the criminals as they were emplacing the IED. The IED detonated during the engagement killing three and wounding one.

Also in Adhamiyah at approximately 8 a.m., the 1st Bn, 21st Inf. Soldiers engaged and killed seven criminals carrying three PKC machine guns, three AK-47s and a rocket propelled grenade launcher. A Stryker element supporting the mission killed two more criminals carrying AK-47s on a nearby rooftop.

In another incident, Soldiers with the 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment detained two men in possession of various illegal weapons and bomb making material at approximately 4 a.m. in the East Rashid district in southern Baghdad.

“We are not initiating these engagements,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, 4th Infantry Division and MND-B spokesman. “Coalition forces will continue to defend ourselves against criminals who ignore the Iraqi rule of law.”

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