Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080425-07
April 25, 2008

MND-B Soldiers kill 10 criminals in separate operations

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers killed 10 criminals in separate operations in Baghdad April 24-25.
 
Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, and Iraqi Army soldiers from 44th Brigade, 11th Iraqi Army Division, were attacked by six mortars at approximately 6 p.m. April 24 at their joint security station in northeastern Baghdad. Soldiers located a three-man mortar team and engaged the criminals, killing all three. No Soldiers were injured.
 
At approximately 10:10 p.m., an aerial weapons team spotted criminals digging by a road in northeastern Baghdad. The AWT engaged the criminals with one hellfire missile, killing two.
 
At approximately 1 a.m. April 25, an AWT spotted four criminals emplacing an IED in northeastern Baghdad. The AWT engaged the criminals with one hellfire missile, killing all four and destroying the IED.
 
An AWT witnessed two criminals setting up a firing position in northeastern Baghdad at approximately 1:30 a.m. The AWT engaged with one hellfire missile and killed one criminal. The other criminal fled to a nearby building. The AWT could not engage the second criminal due because of innocent civilians in the area adjacent to the building.
 
“We will not relent in our efforts to rid Baghdad of these criminal elements,” said Col. Allen Batschelet, the chief of staff, MND-B and the 4th Infantry Division. “Unlike these rogue elements, our concern is the safety of the Iraqi people. Along with our Iraqi Security Forces partners, we will continue to strive to make the streets safer for Iraqi citizens.”
 
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