Combined CF and IA raid busts kidnapping ring

Five suspected Anti-Iraqi Forces were detained and a small cache of weapons and ammunition was discovered when Iraqi Army and Coalition Forces conducted a raid on a suspected terrorist safe house north of Muqdadiya Wednesday.

Acting on recent intelligence, Soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division and Soldiers from C Company, 2nd Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, Task Force Lightning detained five members of a suspected kidnapping ring. The men are suspected of performing kidnapping for money, and other terror activities in Eastern Diyala.

In addition to the detainees, the combined patrol confiscated a Mauser bolt-action rifle, a Garand rifle, one mortar base plate, two sets of body armor, 2000 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition, a bag of ball bearings, seven cell phones, and numerous anti-CF and anti-Iraqi Security Forces propaganda.