Published: September 15, 2008

MND-B Soldiers find ordnance, detain 4 in Baghdad

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Multi-National Division - Baghdad PAO

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq - Multi-National Division -Baghdad Soldiers found unexploded ordnance and detained four Special Groups criminals in Baghdad's Rashid district Sep. 13-14.

At approximately 8:15 p.m., Sep. 13, Soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, found an 82 mm mortar round in the Jihad community.

An explosives ordnance disposal unit took the mortar round to a forward operating base for analysis and destruction.

Also in the Jihad community at approximately 10 p.m. Sep. 13, Soldiers from Co C, 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., detained a Special Groups criminal allegedly responsible for recent sectarian attacks in the Jihad and Furat communities.

At approximately 12:30 a.m. Sep. 14, Soldiers from Troop A, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., detained a suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq associate in the Hadar community.

Approximately 20 minutes later, National Policemen from the 3rd Battalion, 7th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi National Police Division, detained two suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq members in the Masafee community.

"The 1st "Raider" Brigade continues to pursue criminals in the Rashid district, working shoulder-to-shoulder with their counterparts, the Iraqi Security Forces, to keep the people of the Rashid district safe and provide the Government of Iraq the freedom to operate," said Lt. Col. Paul Hossenlopp, deputy commander, 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div. "With the cooperation of Iraqi citizens, our Soldiers can rid the streets of criminals and violence."

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