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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080504-04
May 4, 2008

MND-B soldiers kill 5 terrorists, detain 24, find EFPs, 3 caches across Rashid
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq – Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldiers killed five criminals, detained 24, found two caches and two explosively formed penetrators throughout a 24-hour period in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad May 1.

At approximately 8 p.m. May 1, Iraqi policemen from 5th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, and soldiers from 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, were attacked by 10 criminals using small-arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire in the Aamel community during an operation to apprehend a key criminal.

The patrol requested attack aviation support. An aerial weapons team fired a Hellfire missile and killed five criminals. 

The “Regulars” soldiers detained 20 suspected terrorists and various equipment.

At approximately 8 p.m. May 2, “Regulars” soldiers from Company E, 1-22nd Inf. Regt., seized roadside-bomb making materials in the Shurta neighborhood.
 
At approximately 11 p.m. May 2, soldiers from 4th Battalion., 64th Armor Regiment., attached to the 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div. found an emplaced EFP while conducting a combat patrol. The soldiers notified an explosive ordnance disposal unit about the cache in the Risalah community.

At the same time, soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, received a tip from local Sons of Iraq, or Abna al-Iraq members of a possible IED on the side of the road in the Furat area. The patrol requested EOD support, which determined the site was a cache consisting of roadside bomb-making materials.

On their way to the Furat site, the 47th EOD Company from Fort Hood, Texas, located and removed another EFP from the side of the road in the Risalah neighborhood at approximately 12:30 a.m. May 3.

“The ‘Raider’ Brigade is a dedicated and professional unit, and remains committed to providing a safe and secure environment for the Iraqi people,” said Maj. Dave Olson, 1st BCT Spokesman. “By killing or capturing dangerous criminals and finding these bombs, the Raiders are supporting the Iraqi Security Forces to make the Rashid district safer for everyone.”

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