But did you hear about this??
You won't hear about this on the alphabet channel news.
April 18, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq
– In two separate incidents April 15, bombs in the Baghdad area were found before terrorists could use them.
Task Force Baghdad Soldiers also detained a former regime intelligence service brigadier general during a targeted raid April 15 in the Ghazaliya district of Baghdad.
Information on the former general's alleged involvement with terrorist activities was obtained from tips by local residents and informants.
Tis from an Iraqi local national also led to the discovery of an improvised explosive device near the home of a former Iraqi ministry official.
Iraqi Soldiers discovered the IED and called Task Force Baghdad Soldiers to the scene to assist. An explosives ordnance disposal team arrived and removed the bomb.
The other IED was spotted by Task Force Baghdad Soldiers who described it as a burlap sack with wires coming from it.
An explosives ordnance team detonated the bomb in place.
Task Force Baghdad Soldiers performed two cordon-and-search operations April 15, netting two suspected terrorists, including the general.
In the first search, Soldiers raided a terrorist cell leader’s house and detained the identified suspect.
The other was a late-night operation actually targeting four former regime generals. The one general who was captured is being held for questioning, officials said, along with the suspect from the raid earlier in the day.
In the late-night raid, Task Force Baghdad Soldiers seized several AK-47 rifles with ammunition and several computers and data storage devices.
“This was an important success for the forces of good here in Iraq as the Iraqi Army and coalition units continue to chip away at the crumbling terrorist network,” said Lt. Col. Clifford Kent, Task Force Baghdad spokesperson.
“But what’s even more significant, I think, is the fact that we received a tip which enabled us to find and detain the former general.”
Elsewhere in Baghdad, two local nationals were detained when Task Force Baghdad Soldiers observed them unloading what appeared to be munitions from their car. The suspects were taken into custody for questioning.