Published: October 12, 2005

Iraqi, Coalition Operations Net Terror Suspects, Weapons

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi and Coalition Forces continued to aggressively pursue terrorists in the capital by capturing 34 terror suspects and seizing bomb making materials and weapons caches during more than 50 raids and searches Oct. 9.

Iraqi Army and Iraqi Police units completed seven of the combat operations independently, and took the lead on two others, working side by side with Coalition Forces.

One of the largest combat operations was conducted by members of 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team. The Soldiers entered a south Baghdad neighborhood in mid-morning and quickly cordoned off the area around their targets. Within an hour, the team searched 15 buildings, detained 15 suspected terrorists and took them into custody for questioning.

Later in the day, Task Force Baghdad Soldiers captured four terror suspects at a safe house in west Baghdad. A search of the house revealed seven AK-47 assault rifles, 8,000 rounds of ammunition and two bomb-detonating devices.

Iraqi security forces and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers also carried out more than 470 patrols and manned more than 350 traffic control points all over the city to provide security for Iraqi citizens.

Iraqi Soldiers and police conducted nearly 370 of the missions themselves and teamed with Coalition Forces on 50 others.

On one of the patrols, Coalition Forces working in the Ghartan district of south Baghdad detained two more suspected terrorists. The suspects had an AK-47 rifle with 100 rounds of ammunition, a rocket-propelled grenade sighting device and electrical switches used to detonate bombs.

Source: Multi-National Force-Iraq