Sniper Captured in West Rashid

Sometimes its just blind luck that takes extremists off the street as in the case recently of a known extremist sniper who was captured when he fled into a house occupied by Coalition forces:

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division-Baghdad Soldiers were given a gift when a sniper walked into their control during a small arms engagement in West Rashid, Jan. 22.

“Black Lions,” of Company B, 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, were hunting for three men believed to have been firing at them, when two men attempting to flee the cordon entered a house occupied by MND-B Soldiers.

One of the men was positively identified at the scene as a known sniper, while the other is an alleged extremist.

The suspected sniper and extremist were taken to a Coalition Detention Facility for further questions.

This is part of Multi-National Division-Baghdad Soldiers’ on going offensive operations in support of Operation Phantom Phoenix, to kill or capture al-Qaeda and Shia/Sunni extremists to deny them rest and sanctuary in Baghdad and the surrounding rural areas.