Good News From The War On Terror 6/7
ANA SOLDIERS, COALITION FORCES DEFEAT ENEMY FIGHTERS IN KANDAHAR, ZABUL
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – Elements of the 205th Afghan National Army Corps, combat advised and assisted by Coalition forces, defeated enemy insurgents in two separate firefights in Kandahar and Zabul Provinces June 6.
16 SUSPECTED SECRET CELL TERRORISTS DETAINED
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi and Coalition Forces detained 16 suspected terrorists Thursday morning during raids in Sadr City.
The individuals detained during the raid are believed to be members of the secret cell terrorist network known for facilitating the transport of weapons and explosively formed penetrators, or EFPs, from Iran to Iraq, as well as bringing militants from Iraq to Iran for terrorist training.
ONE MILITANT KILLED, WEAPONS FOUND IN NANGARHAR
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces killed an enemy militant during a brief firefight in an operation early Thursday against al-Qaida facilitators in Khogyani district of Nangarhar Province.
Forces acted on credible intelligence that pointed to the compound as a possible safehouse for weapons and IED facilitators. As the combined force approached the house, they took fire from a militant inside.
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – Afghan and Coalition forces detained three militants in an operation early Thursday against Taliban forces in the Shajoy District of Zabul Province.
Coalition forces acted on credible intelligence naming the location as a suspected safehouse for al-Qaida foreign fighters. A search revealed three suspected local militants with various weapons.
IA, CF DISCOVER CACHES WITH LARGE AMOUNT OF EXPLOSIVES
BAQOUBA, Iraq - Iraqi army and Coalition Force Soldiers discovered caches containing large amounts of explosives and a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device northwest of Baqouba, June 4.
Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi army, and Delta Company, 1-12th Combined Arms Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, discovered two large caches containing improvised explosive device-making materials in a home and in an open field adjacent to the house.
Among the items found were nearly a dozen anti-tank mines, fire extinguishers containing homemade explosives, a Katyusha rocket, bomb making components and one vehicle-borne improvised explosive device.
CAR BOMB, EXPLOSIVES CACHE DESTROYED IN SOUTHERN BAGHDAD
BAGHDAD - Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers, acting on a tip from a local Iraqi citizen, discovered and destroyed a car bomb and an explosives cache in southern Baghdad June 6.
Soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, attached to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment "Vanguards,"discovered the car bomb while on patrol in a rural area after receiving a report from a local resident of suspicious activity in the area.
A search of the area also resulted in the discovery of 14 55-gallon drums containing homemade explosives. After cordoning off the area, both the car bomb and explosives were disposed of by an explosive ordnance disposal team.
IRAQI ARMY FORCES DETAIN TWO INSURGENT LEADERS, FIVE OTHER SUSPECTED INSURGENTS IN NORTHERN IRAQ
BAGHDAD - Iraqi Army Forces conducted an early morning operation June 6 capturing two insurgent leaders linked to an al-Qaeda terrorist network in northern Iraq and detained five other suspected insurgents. The two insurgent leaders are accused of conducting multiple assassinations and improvised explosive device attacks on innocent civilians and Coalition Forces.
SOLDIERS DETAIN SUSPECTED KIDNAPPERS
BAGHDAD - Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers and Iraqi Army Forces conducted a targeted raid and detained two suspected kidnappers June 6.
Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division and Company A, 2nd Battalion, 136th Combined Arms Brigade, established a perimeter around a western Baghdad home and then simply knocked on the front door.
The Soldiers, along with their Iraqi counterparts from the 3rd Battalion, 6th Iraqi Army, detained the suspect accused of planning, coordinating and executing numerous kidnappings throughout western Baghdad.
Following a search of the home, the suspect's brother was found to possess personal items belonging to an Iraqi interpreter killed three days earlier when the vehicle he was traveling in was struck by an improvised explosive device. With the evidence discovered in the home, the brother was also detained.
IA, CF KILL 19 INSURGENTS NEAR BAQOUBA
BAQOUBA, Iraq - A joint team of Iraqi and Coalition Forces used air and ground firepower to destroy anti-Iraqi forces operating in Kabat village, near Baqouba, June 5.
Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army
Division and Company D., 1-12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, engaged and killed 19 AIF and wounded one other, after the AIF fired on the joint team with small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades from inside three buildings.
ISF SEIZE WEAPONS CACHE, RENDER AID TO CHILD
BALAD - Iraqi Security Forces seized a cache containing more than 1,000 pounds of weapons and explosives and rendered lifesaving aid to a child during a recent convoy patrol in Western Iraq.
With Coalition Forces present as advisors, Iraqi Forces led the patrol east of Ramadi where they heard a burst of gunfire while they were clearing and disposing of an anti-tank mine. Following the gunfire, local citizens rushed a 6 to 8-year-old girl suffering from a life threatening gunshot wound to the chest to their location.
IRAQI ARMY CAPTURES IED EMPLACERS, EQUIPMENT
TAJI, Iraq - Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division captured four insurgents Monday near Mushahidah, just north of Baghdad.
IA soldiers observed the insurgents attempting to emplace an improvised explosive device on the road between Mushahidah and Tarmiyah when they were captured.
IRAQI ARMY FORCES CAPTURE FOUR SUSPECTED AL-QAEDA TERRORISTS INI SAQLIMIYAH
BAGHDAD - Iraqi Army Forces conducted an early morning intelligence driven operation on June 6 and captured four suspected al-Qaeda terrorists in Saqlimiyah. The targeted individuals are suspected of facilitating weapons transfers to and from Fallujah, Habbiniyah and areas south.
