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Iraqi soldiers conduct operations in Diwaniyah |
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Sunday, 17 September 2006 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20060917-03
Sept. 17, 2006
Iraqi soldiers conduct operations in Diwaniyah
By Cpl. Michael Molinaro
2nd BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div.
FOB ECHO, Iraq – Iraqi army soldiers from the 8th Iraqi Army Division, along with 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers, conducted Operation Wilderness in the city of Diwaniyah and the Qadissiyah province Saturday morning.
The operation was geared toward capturing terrorists suspected of numerous attacks on innocent Iraqi civilians, Iraqi Security Forces and Coalition Forces, in the area over the past few weeks.
In the pre-dawn hours, 8th IAD soldiers conducted a cordon-and-search of houses suspected of harboring the suspects as well as buildings suspected of being used to store illegal weapons as 2nd BCT Soldiers secured routes into and out of the city.
The combined forces detained 32 terrorist suspects and seized 11 AK-47 assault rifles and various additional small-arms weapons.
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