Task Force Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD --Iraqi Army and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers, working together and independently, seized six suspected improvised explosive device emplacers, detained two car bombing suspects, and unearthed three weapons caches during combat operations Oct. 2.
Five of the terror suspects were captured in two early-morning raids conducted by Iraqi and U.S. forces in west Baghdad.
At 2:30 a.m., Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Iraqi Army Brigade teamed up with 1st Battalion, 11 Armored Cavalry Regiment to search an apartment complex. In less than 90 minutes, the Soldiers captured three suspected terrorists believed to be responsible for placing roadside bombs in the area.
The second Iraqi-U.S. operation netted two more terror suspects in west Baghdad just before 4 a.m. The suspects are thought to be involved in a car-bombing cell.
At 8:10 a.m., Task Force Baghdad Soldiers patrolling in southwest Baghdad struck an IED. No one was injured in the attack, and the patrol caught two men acting suspiciously. The patrol then searched two houses 100 yards from the scene of the attack and found bomb-making materials, including batteries, wires, timers and radio detonation devices. The Soldiers also found two AK-47 assault rifles and two sniper rifles in the houses.
Task Force Baghdad Soldiers, acting on an Iraqi citizen's tip, nabbed the sixth suspected roadside bomber just before 3 p.m. in north Baghdad.
All eight of the terror suspects were taken into custody for questioning.
In other combat operations, Iraqi and Coalition Forces found three weapons caches in west Baghdad.
One of the caches was discovered lying out in the open in burlap bags, indicating the weapons were either about to buried or were being recovered for a possible terrorist attack.
The cache contained two machine guns with 150 links of ammunition, six AK-47 assault rifles with 16 full magazines, and eight hand grenades.
The second cache consisted of 76 artillery rounds, one missile, one rocket, ten mortar rounds and a mortar tube, baseplate and bipod for firing the munitions.
Task Force Baghdad Soldiers also found 10 mortar rounds, four rockets, five grenades, five AK-47 assault rifles and ammunition and three bullet-proof vests in a third weapons cache. The third cache also contained fake license plates and nearly 20 bombs.
| Date Taken: | 10.04.2005 |
| Date Posted: | 10.04.2005 14:24 |
| Story ID: | 3177 |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
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