ISF, U.S. Forces take down 10 terror suspects

Courtesy Photo | U.S. forces took down 10 terror suspects.  

BAGHDAD, IRAQ

08.25.2005

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BAGHDAD --Iraqi Security Forces and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers captured a suspected bomb emplacer, three suspected kidnappers and six other terror suspects in a series of combat operations carried out Aug. 20.

All 10 of the suspects are thought to be involved in planning and carrying out numerous attacks against Iraqi civilians, Iraqi Security Forces and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers.

At 11 a.m., Iraqi Security Forces from the 2nd Public Order Brigade and U.S. Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, worked together to catch a terror suspect preparing to use an improvised explosive device in east Baghdad.

Acting on a tip from an Iraqi citizen, the combined force apprehended the suspect at his house. A search of the premises uncovered a 155-millimeter artillery shell, TNT, bomb-making materials, detonators, AK-47 assault rifles, a pistol, and anti-Coalition propaganda.

An hour later, Task Force Baghdad Soldiers acting on a tip captured three kidnapping suspects while searching two houses in south Baghdad. The three suspects were taken into custody for questioning.

Just before 4 p.m., terrorists fired mortar rounds at an installation in south Baghdad. Soldiers on the post responded quickly and saw a white bongo truck fleeing the site where the attack originated. A patrol followed the truck to a house in southwest Baghdad and captured four attackers. The Soldiers searched the home and seized two AK-47 assault rifles, a sub-machine gun, and 1,000 rounds of ammunition.

Later, Soldiers from the 126th Military Police Company patrolling in the Ghazaliyah district of west Baghdad saw a man firing a weapon out of his vehicle. The MPs stopped the vehicle, searched it, and found three fake identification cards, two pistols, two license plates and ammunition. The suspect was taken into custody for questioning.

At around 7 p.m., Coalition Forces raided another terrorist safe-house and detained a man believed to be the leader of a terror cell operating in southeast Baghdad. The suspect was taken into custody for questioning.

• Date Taken: 08.25.2005
• Date Posted: 08.25.2005 17:36
• Story ID: 2833
• Location: BAGHDAD, IQ