FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20061006-01
Oct. 6, 2006

Iraqi and MND-B Soldiers capture high value terrorist, detain 27 additional terrorist suspects

By Sgt. 1st Class Michael Brock
506th RCT PAO, 101st Abn. Div.

BAGHDAD – A company of Iraqi Army soldiers and Soldiers from Troop B and Company C, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 506th Regimental Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad; Company C, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, captured 28 suspected terrorists Tuesday in a pre-dawn raid that hit nine targets simultaneously in the Jisr Diyala section of east Baghdad.

Among the detainees were three high value individuals, including the number nine person on the division’s high-value target list and two others on the squadron’s high-value target list.

The number nine HVI has allegedly been directly responsible for murders, extra judicial killings, criminal activities and attacks on Iraqi Security Forces and Coalition Forces, said Lt. Col. Brian Winski, commander, 1st Sqdn., 61st Cav. Regt.

During the operations, several weapons and ammunition were confiscated, to include a PKM machine gun, a PKC machine gun drum, a RPK machine gun, a hunting rifle, two handguns, seven AK-47 rifles, five hand grenades and several rocket-propelled grenades.

This operation was an intelligence driven and included gathering information over several months.

“We were given a target of where he (the number nine HVI) had been known to reside,” said 1st Lt. Josh Mangas, platoon leader, 1st Platoon, Troop B. “This was the last known location, and we isolated the position and conducted a normal cordon and search.”

During the operation, no Iraqi or Coalition Forces were injured.

“This shows the value of good rehearsals, adaptive leaders, aggressive Soldiers and everybody knowing the plan of who we were after,” Winski said.

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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS RELEASE, CONTACT THE MULTI-NATIONAL DIVISION - BAGHDAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS NCO IN CHARGE, MASTER SGT. ERIC LOBSINGER AT: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , COMMERCIAL: (914) 822-8174 OR IRAQNA 011-964-790-192-4675.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20061006-01
Oct. 6, 2006

Iraqi and MND-B Soldiers capture high value terrorist, detain 27 additional terrorist suspects

By Sgt. 1st Class Michael Brock
506th RCT PAO, 101st Abn. Div.

BAGHDAD – A company of Iraqi Army soldiers and Soldiers from Troop B and Company C, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 506th Regimental Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad; Company C, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, captured 28 suspected terrorists Tuesday in a pre-dawn raid that hit nine targets simultaneously in the Jisr Diyala section of east Baghdad.

Among the detainees were three high value individuals, including the number nine person on the division’s high-value target list and two others on the squadron’s high-value target list.

The number nine HVI has allegedly been directly responsible for murders, extra judicial killings, criminal activities and attacks on Iraqi Security Forces and Coalition Forces, said Lt. Col. Brian Winski, commander, 1st Sqdn., 61st Cav. Regt.

During the operations, several weapons and ammunition were confiscated, to include a PKM machine gun, a PKC machine gun drum, a RPK machine gun, a hunting rifle, two handguns, seven AK-47 rifles, five hand grenades and several rocket-propelled grenades.

This operation was an intelligence driven and included gathering information over several months.

“We were given a target of where he (the number nine HVI) had been known to reside,” said 1st Lt. Josh Mangas, platoon leader, 1st Platoon, Troop B. “This was the last known location, and we isolated the position and conducted a normal cordon and search.”

During the operation, no Iraqi or Coalition Forces were injured.

“This shows the value of good rehearsals, adaptive leaders, aggressive Soldiers and everybody knowing the plan of who we were after,” Winski said.

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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS RELEASE, CONTACT THE MULTI-NATIONAL DIVISION - BAGHDAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS NCO IN CHARGE, MASTER SGT. ERIC LOBSINGER AT: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , COMMERCIAL: (914) 822-8174 OR IRAQNA 011-964-790-192-4675.

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