Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers captured three suspected insurgents, believed to be responsible for multiple improvised explosive device attacks, during an air assault mission northwest of Taji June 25. Soldiers from the 1st “Ironhorse” Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division conducted the air assault operation into a rural area west of Shammar Jarba, Iraqi, northwest of Taji, capturing the three suspected insurgents and recovering three assault rifles and a shotgun.
In an effort to bring swift justice to insurgents responsible for emplacing a deep-buried IED which killed four MND-B Soldiers and their interpreter June 23, Soldiers from Battery C, 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment targeted the suspected insurgent cell using intelligence sources. One of the captured insurgents is alleged to have provided the IED used in the June 23 attack. “We want to make the message clear to the insurgents,” said Lt. Col. Peter Andrysiak, deputy commander for the Ironhorse Brigade, “attacks against Coalition Forces will not be tolerated, and you will be caught and brought to swift justice.” |