Four Detained in Joint Raid

Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
RELEASE No. 20070613-08

FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, Iraq — Soldiers from the 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment and the Iraqi National Police detained four men and confiscated bomb-making materials and rifles following a raid in northern Jisr Diyala, Monday.

The 3-1 Cavalry’s Troop A and Time Sensitive Target Platoon Soldiers worked with an Iraqi National Police platoon, called the Lions of Wassit, to search locations insurgent forces were using as meeting sites and cache sites.

The unit conducted several raids to collect information and disrupt enemy activities preventing extremists from engaging Combat Outpost Assassin and FOB Rustamiyah, according to Capt. Troy Thomas, the plans officer for 3-1 Cavalry, from Litchfield, Minn.

“No one shot a rocket or a mortar at either location last night, that was a big thing,” he said.

Thomas was also impressed with the performance of the Lions of Wassit.

“Every battalion in the Army should be lucky enough to have a platoon like the Lions to work with,” said Thomas. “Those guys were well trained and disciplined. They did a great job.”

The 3-1 Cavalry is assigned to the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, from Fort Benning, Ga.