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Wednesday, 13 September 2006 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20060913-04
September 13, 2006
IA EOD team thwarts terrorist attack
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD – Iraqi army soldiers from 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, found and disabled a large vehicle-borne improvised explosive device at approximately 11:50 a.m. Wednesday in central Baghdad.
An Iraqi Explosive Ordnance Disposal team arrived on the scene after IA soldiers cordoned off the area surrounding the vehicle.
The Iraqi EOD team investigated the vehicle and found 2,000 pounds of TNT wired to the vehicle.
Since the charge was too large to detonate in place, the team dismantled the device to render it safe.
As of Tuesday, Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Division-Baghdad Soldiers have cleared approximately 53,000 buildings, 50 mosques and 45 muhallas, detained more than 100 terrorist suspects, seized 1,200 illegal weapons, registered over 700 weapons of local citizens and found 31 weapons caches. The combined forces have also replaced more than 1,300 doors, 47 windows and 1,466 locks damaged during clearing operations and have removed more than 104,000 cubic meters of trash from the streets of Baghdad.
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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS RELEASE, CONTACT THE MULTI-NATIONAL DIVISION - BAGHDAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS NCO IN CHARGE, MASTER SGT. ERIC LOBSINGER AT:
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, COMMERCIAL: (914) 822-8174 OR IRAQNA 011-964-790-192-4675.
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