Terrorist holds child against will
Based on Iraqi tips, Coalition forces killed six terrorists, detained three and destroyed a safe house and multiple weapons caches in Ramadi during a May 17 search for a wanted terrorist known as the "Prince of IEDs."
The troops began taking fire upon arrival at the site where the al-Qaida leader and his associates were building improvised explosive devices.
Coalition forces killed six terrorists and detained three others, one of whom was wounded and medically evacuated. The troops also discovered an 8- year-old boy inside the house. The child told the Soldiers he was being held against his will by terrorists who abused him and used him as a servant. Soldiers took the boy to their base, took care of him, and then returned him to his family.
Coalition forces were attacked from a second building and secured that building as well.
After securing the site, troops found machine guns, rifles, a pistol, artillery shells, IED-making material, a suicide vest, and rocket propelled grenades. The terrorists' equipment, weapons and ammunition were destroyed by ground charges and air strikes.
The targeted individual, "The Prince of IEDs," is reported to be a financier, an IED maker and a bomb facilitator for al-Qaida in Iraq in Ramadi. Coalition forces are assessing the
identities of the dead and detained.
Fifteen detained
Soldiers from 6th Iraqi Army Division and Multi-National Division - Baghdad detained 15 terrorists in two days.
On Tuesday, MND-B Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division detained two terrorists after discovering a weapons cache south of Baghdad. On the same day, Soldiers from 6th Iraqi Division detained two terrorists attempting to drive an explosive-laden truck through a traffic control point south of Baghdad.
On Wednesday, another 11 terrorists were detained south of Baghdad when they fired upon a 6th Iraqi Army Division traffic control point from a mosque. The terrorists were found with AK-47 rifles and a rocket-propelled grenade.
Placing IEDs equals death
Three terrorists caught emplacing improvised explosive devices were killed Wednesday near Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad . Coalition forces from the 1st Marine Regiment killed the terrorists after they saw them digging holes and placing IEDs.
101st Soldiers save insurgent
101st Airborne Division Soldiers saved the life of an insurgent near Kirkuk Tuesday after the insurgent's own grenade exploded, severely injuring his legs. Iraqi Soldiers were at their post in Hawijah, just west of Kirkuk, when a man approached and tossed a grenade at them. The grenade bounced off the roof of the post, fell to the ground and exploded, severely cutting and burning the man. U.S. Soldiers arrived just after the grenade exploded and provided first aid to the terrorist. Once stabilized, the man was taken to the U.S. military compound in Kirkuk for further treatment.
Car-bombing stopped
Iraqi Police foiled a terrorist car bombing Tuesday near Baqubah. Police noticed two suspicious vehicles and began to cordon and clear the area when explosives in one of the vehicles detonated. The police quickly engaged and killed two men in the second vehicle. An explosives ordnance disposal team from the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division conducted a controlled detonation of the second car. No civilians or security forces were injured by either explosion.
Foreign passports found in raid
Coalition forces killed four terrorists and detained two others during operations on Tuesday near Lake Thar Thar, west of Baghdad. One of the two detainees is Sudanese. The other detainee, of unknown citizenship, was wounded in the initial raid, treated on site, and medically evacuated to the 10th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad. Troops found Yemeni, Saudi Arabian, Tunisian, Sudanese and several Iraqi passports during the raid.
Driving nowhere
Coalition forces killed three al-Qaida terrorists near Yusifiyah. The terrorists had been driving a vehicle containing grenades and small arms. One was wearing a suicide vest.
Dozen detained
Iraqi Soldiers from the 5th Iraqi Army Division and U.S. troops from the 4th Infantry Division captured an arsenal and detained 12 insurgents May 20 in Muqdadiyah.
The arsenal included mortar and small-arms rounds, bulk explosives, hand grenades, improvised explosive device-making materials, propaganda, and rocket propelled grenades. An explosive ordnance disposal team destroyed most of the cache on site and recovered other pieces for study and future destruction. The captured insurgents were taken to an Iraqi detention facility.
Basement raid
Task Force Band of Brothers Soldiers seized a large cache of weapons, explosives, munitions and other improvised explosive device making components during a Mosul raid on May 20. Soldiers found a car bomb factory in a building basement. The cache included rifles, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, submachine guns, land mines, mortar rounds and hand grenades. An explosive ordnance disposal team destroyed the cache where it was found.
Tip leads to successful raid
A Bayji citizen tip led Task Force Band of Brothers Soldiers to an insurgent's house. Upon entering the house, the troops discovered the insurgent with IED making material, two rifles, one submachine gun, 100 rounds of ammunition and a fake identification card. The Soldiers also found the insurgents last will and testament, stating that he was going to give his life to kill Coalition Forces.
