Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
RELEASE No. 20070203-22
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
PATROL BASE YUSUFIYAH, Iraq — Iraqi Army soldiers running independent operations detained five men and seized two improvised explosive devises near Yusufiyah, Iraq Feb 1.
Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division discovered the IEDs while conducting a cordon and search operations near a village in the rural farmlands 10 miles southwest of Baghdad.
Iraqi Army troops searched a house and found one 120mm artillery round and a 155mm artillery round, both rigged as IEDs and prepared for placement. The troops detained five men in the house and seized the IEDs.
The suspects are being held for questioning.
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