Multi-National Division Baghdad

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By the Multi-National Division – Baghdad Public Affairs Office

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers detained suspected special groups leaders and Iraqi security forces dismantled a homemade booby trap, Aug. 20, 2008, in the Rashid District of southern Baghdad.

At approximately 9:30 p.m., Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, MND-B, detained a suspected terrorist in East Rashid's Masafee community linked to attacks using improvised explosive devices and suicide vests in Baghdad.

At approximately 11 p.m., Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B, working on actionable intelligence arrested a suspected special groups criminal in West Rashid's Hadar neighborhood.

Meanwhile in the Risalah community of southwestern Baghdad, Iraqi national policemen of the 1st Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, discovered a homemade booby trap, at approximately 10 p.m.

The NPs immediately dismantled the bomb and confiscated the bomb-making materials, consisting of one fragmentation grenade, two 60 mm mortar rounds, and one can of homemade explosives. The NPs moved the munitions to a combat outpost for temporary storage and notified an explosives ordnance disposal team.

"The Soldiers of the 'Brigade are committed to assisting the Iraqi security forces in their ongoing security missions in the Rashid District of Baghdad," said Maj. Dave Olson, 1st BCT spokesperson, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B. "We are aggressively pursuing al-Qaida in Iraq and small groups criminals in the Rashid District to deny the enemy a safe haven in Baghdad. The ISF continue to play an integral role in assisting us in defeating the enemy and the citizens trust the ISF."

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