During the past 24 hours 4thID soldiers raided three locations and captured six individuals, four of them suspected of involvement in anti-Coalition activity. The dawn mission targeted individuals suspected of mortar attacks on Coalition forces near Balad on Wednesday. Soldiers also confiscated one automatic weapon and two AK-47 assault rifles. In a separate event, one attacker was killed after he fired an automatic weapon at soldiers from C Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment Wednesday morning 6 kilometers west of Balad. An AK-47 assault rifle was recovered near the body of the attacker. The remains of the attacker were turned over to the Iraqi police.
| "Here y'go, Officer al-Friendly. Dispose of this, wouldja?" |
Soldiers were in the area searching for individuals believed to be responsible for attacks against Coalition forces and captured two individuals. An Iraqi child was killed in Tikrit when a rocket propelled grenade, aimed at soldiers from 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, missed them and exploded near the child Wednesday afternoon. The child was killed instantly, and soldiers were unsuccessful in their attempts to capture the attackers.
| That's too bad. The intel guys really wanted to talk to them, followed by the Iraqi coppers, followed by the kid's family... |
Members of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps and soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment raided a building in Bayji just after midnight Thursday in an attempt to capture former regime loyalists. Nine people were captured including two individuals specifically targeted for suspected involvement in anti-Coalition activity. Soldiers located and confiscated four AK-47 assault rifles, two rifles and one pistol. They went to another location and captured an additional two individuals carrying a bag of AK-47 assault rifle parts, knives and axes. |