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MND-B Soldiers Kill 13 Criminals

Multi-National Division - Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD - Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers killed 13 criminals in separate engagements in Baghdad April 9.

At approximately 8:35 p.m., Soldiers from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, manning a combined checkpoint with Iraqi National Policemen from 3rd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 1st National Police Division, were attacked by criminals with small-arms fire from a rooftop nearby in northeastern Baghdad. Soldiers returned fire and killed one criminal.

Soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), killed four criminals in northwestern Baghdad at approximately 9:40 p.m. after they were attacked with rocket-propelled grenades at a checkpoint.

An aerial weapons team provided security for Soldiers emplacing concrete barriers at a joint security station in northeastern Baghdad who were attacked with small-arms fire at approximately 11:10 p.m.

The AWT engaged the criminals with two hellfire missiles and killed four.

At approximately 11:45 p.m., Soldiers from 2-101 Abn. Div. killed four criminals after being attacked with small-arms fire from two different locations in northwestern Baghdad.