Release Date: 2007-06-25
Original Link: http://presszoom.com/story_134742.html
Source: CENTCOM
CAMP TAJI, Iraq — Improvised explosive device (IED) cell members were targeted by Multi-National Division-Baghdad Soldiers during three operations in the northwest region of Baghdad June 22, resulting in the detention of seven suspected insurgents. “We are tightening the noose on the IED cell members in our area of operations, and disrupting their operations,” said Lt. Col. Peter Andrysiak, deputy commanding officer, 1st “Ironhorse” Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division.
(PressZoom.com) - CAMP TAJI, Iraq — Improvised explosive device (IED) cell members were targeted by Multi-National Division-Baghdad Soldiers during three operations in the northwest region of Baghdad June 22, resulting in the detention of seven suspected insurgents.
“We are tightening the noose on the IED cell members in our area of operations, and disrupting their operations,” said Lt. Col. Peter Andrysiak, deputy commanding officer, 1st “Ironhorse” Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division.
“We have been able to increase our troop presence in the more remote areas of our sector because of the increased number of ‘surge troops’ in MND-B.”
In the early morning hours, scouts from the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment raided a suspected insurgent location in an isolated farm house north of Saab al Bor, Iraq. All seven suspected insurgents were captured in the house. The cell is believed to be responsible for planting IEDs on Highway 1 and other locations in the Taji area.
In Al Hitaween, a village in Abu Ghraib, Soldiers from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment conducted an air assault operation to conduct a cordon and search of several homes suspected of housing insurgents.
A resident, questioned at the scene, claimed his home had been taken over by insurgents, but they left when they heard the aircraft. At the home, a small cache was found, including a hand grenade and a pistol.
This operation was the first combat air assault mission performed by 2-5th Cavalry since the Vietnam War.
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