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MND-B Soldiers Find Munitions, Detain Key Criminal in Southern Rashid District

1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div. Multi-National Division - Baghdad PAO

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq - Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers seized munitions, and detained a criminal from Iraq's most-wanted list in Baghdad's Rashid district April 27.

Soldiers from Troop C, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, found a rocket launcher and rocket rigged with command detonation wire during a patrol in the Zubaida community.

An Explosives Ordnance Disposal unit was called in and conducted a controlled detonation on site.

Also in the Zubaida community, Soldiers from Company E, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, attached to the 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., detained a criminal from Iraq's most-wanted list and questioned two others.

"The 1st BCT, 'Raider' Brigade, continues to conduct daily combat patrols with Iraqi Security Forces to minimize violence, and remains committed to the welfare of the Iraqi nation and the Iraqi people as a whole," said Maj. Dave Olson, 1st BCT Spokesman.

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