Sunday, 20 July 2008FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON — Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers operating in the Rashid District of southern Baghdad detained five suspected criminals, July 17 – 19, while conducting combat operations.

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, MND-B, arrested two insurgent cell members July 17, in the Shurta community.

On July 19, Soldiers from Company A, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regt., attached to the 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B, detained a suspected criminal in the Saydiyah neighborhood.

Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B, also arrested two suspected Al Qaida in Iraq terrorists during an early morning operation in the Zubaida neighborhood July 19.

“The 1st BCT, ‘Raider’ Brigade remains steadfast in its effort to rid the Rashid District of criminals,” said Maj. Dave Olson, 1st BCT spokesman, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B. “Combined patrols with Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces continue on a daily basis and provide a safe and secure environment for the Iraqi people.”

(1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division)

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