February 11, 2007

Iraqi Army Stops Car Bomb Cell

Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
RELEASE No. 20070210-14

1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment

BAGHDAD – Another car bomb cell is off the streets after Iraqi and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers responded to a tip and conducted a raid in the northwest neighborhood of Ameriyah Feb. 8.

Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army conducted the raid while Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, provided security from the outer cordon.

The Iraqi Army troops detained one terrorist suspect. During initial questioning, the suspect implicated a second suspected car bomb cell member living next door.

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