February 9, 2007

Soldiers Making Adhamiyah District Safer


Story and photo by Sgt. Michael Garrett
7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

BAGHDAD — The dead of night covered their movements. Out of their Strykers, down the street and into a courtyard, the Soldiers moved with a purpose. Kicking in the door at 3 a.m. was just enough to catch their targets off guard. Elements of the 2nd Infantry Division’s 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team had taken two more suspected insurgents off the streets.

Troops from the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment were a part of an operation aimed at disrupting insurgent activity in the Shaab and Ur areas of Baghdad’s Adhamiyah district Feb. 6, said Newberry S.C. native, 2nd Lt. Harry Cromer, platoon leader for Company B.
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(Photo: Soldiers with Company B, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, discover Iraqi Army uniforms and body armor hidden in the trunk of an abandoned car Feb. 6 in the Shaab area of Baghdad. The search was part of an operation to disrupt insurgent activity in the area.)

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