MND-B Soldiers Detain Suspected Criminal, Defeat IED in Rashid

By Multi-National Division - Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD - Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers detained a suspected Special Groups criminal and defeated an improvised explosive device Nov. 15 in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad.

At approximately 2:30 a.m., Soldiers of Company A, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, conducted operations in the Hayy Jihad community, resulting in the capture of a suspected special groups criminal leader, suspected of IED attacks, murder, extortion, kidnappings, assassinations and weapons trafficking.

At approximately 9:30 a.m., Soldiers from Co. C, 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B, found an IED in the same community. An explosives ordnance disposal team disarmed the bomb made from three anti-aircraft rounds.

"The Soldiers from the 1st 'Raider' Brigade continue to remove criminals and their weapons from the Rashid district in southern Baghdad," said Maj. Dave Olson, spokesperson for the 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B. "The men and women of MND-B conduct daily security operations to assist the Iraqi Security Forces enforcing Baghdad's Rule of Law to provide a safe and secure environment for the approximately 1.6 million Iraqi citizens of the Rashid district."