Task Force Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD --- Iraqi Security Forces and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers, working together and independently, captured 52 terror suspects in a series of combat operations carried out in east and south Baghdad June 17.
The largest operation of the day was conducted by the Iraqi Army's Wolf Brigade. Starting at 1:30 a.m. the Iraqi Soldiers raided 28 targeted locations in the Hadar and Zubaida districts of south Baghdad and captured 40 suspected terrorists.
Later in the day, members of the Iraqi Special Police Commandos teamed up with an Iraqi Intervention Forces Battalion and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers to deny terrorist access to safe houses and weapons cache sites in east Baghdad.
The joint Iraqi-U.S. forces teams apprehended seven suspects, including two targeted terrorists.
"Iraqi Security Forces are becoming more confident in their own capabilities," said Lt. Col. Clifford Kent, a Task Force Baghdad spokesperson. "As the forces continue to grow in number, and train and conduct more complicated missions, the respect the Iraqi people have in their country's forces is also increasing."
Earlier, a Task Force Baghdad patrol near a checkpoint in west Baghdad was attacked by a suicide car bomber.
The car bomb detonated 50 yards short of the checkpoint, killing the driver of the car. No one else was injured in the blast.
Iraqi Police and Task Force Baghdad units also disabled five roadside bombs at five different locations in and around Baghdad before terrorists could use them.
| Date Taken: | 06.20.2005 |
| Date Posted: | 06.20.2005 12:24 |
| Story ID: | 2203 |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
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