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    U.S. forces detain 11 terror suspects in south Baghdad

    BAGHDAD, IRAQ

    10.05.2005

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    4th Brigade Combat Team PAO

    BAGHDAD -- Task Force Baghdad Soldiers and Iraqi Security Forces continue working hard to create a secure environment for the Oct. 15 constitutional referendum.

    Operations in south Baghdad netted 11 suspected terrorists in the past 48 hours.

    Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment conducted a cordon and search in east Al-Rashid, killing one terrorist and wounding another Oct. 5.

    They also detained two other suspected terrorists.

    In another operation, elements of 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment conducted a cordon and search of multiple locations in Al-Bayaa and detained nine suspected terrorists during the early-morning hours of Oct. 5. Three of the nine detainees are wanted members of an improvised explosive device cell.

    A would be roadside bomb emplacement team became victims of their own device on the night of Oct. 3 in south Baghdad.

    Terrorists driving a car were en route to place an IED when it detonated prematurely. Soldiers from 1st Bn., 184th Inf. Reg. investigated the explosion and discovered a small truck at the site of the explosion along with scattered additional explosive devices. The terrorists responsible had already fled the area.

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    Date Taken: 10.05.2005
    Date Posted: 10.05.2005 17:59
    Story ID: 3206
    Location: BAGHDAD, IQ

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