Iraqi, Coalition Forces Rack up Successes Against Insurgents

Iraqi and coalition forces have scored
several successes against insurgent fighters, seizing weapons caches and
capturing suspected enemies, during missions over the past several days.

Iraqi and coalition forces scored the following successes during
missions yesterday:

- Iraqi soldiers from 2nd Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division, and
coalition troops detained five suspects and discovered a weapons cache while
patrolling near Khalidiyah. The five military-aged males were arrested
for suspected insurgent activities. The cache contained three AK-47
rifles with 16 full magazines, a bag of detonation cord, blasting caps, and
two rocket-propelled-grenade boosters. More than 300 rounds of loose
7.62 mm ammunition also were recovered.

- Iraqi soldiers from 1st Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division, discovered
and cleared a cache found during a raid in southeastern Ramadi. The
cache contained seven assorted mortar rounds, several hand-held radios,
some artillery detonators, and one sniper scope.

A day earlier, on April 2, Iraqi and combined forces, scored the
following successes:

- Two suspected insurgents were captured during a synchronized joint
raid led by Iraqi army troops. U.S. soldiers with the 1-8th Combined Arms
Battalion, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, from
Task Force Band of Brothers, assisted the Iraqi troops. The raid's
objective was to capture insurgents known to be living in the area, prevent
them from conducting further attacks on Iraqi and coalition Forces, and
to gather intelligence. One Iraqi soldier suffered a minor injury
during the mission.

- Iraqi soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army
Division, and coalition troops detained four suspects in Khalidiyah. Troops
detained the military-aged males for suspected insurgent activities
during the course of conducting security patrols in the area.

- Iraqi soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army
Division, and coalition troops detained three suspects and found a weapons
cache near Karabilah. Troops caught and arrested two individuals
suspected of insurgent activities and detained one person who was on a suspect
list. The cache was found during a cordon operation northeast of
Karabilah and contained materials to make suicide vests.

- Iraqi soldiers from the 7th Iraqi Army Division and coalition troops
detained eight people near Ramadi. Troops were conducting presence
patrols in the area and detained the eight military-aged males for
suspected insurgent activity.

- Soldiers from the 4th and 6th Iraqi Army Divisions caught and
detained a suspected triggerman after a roadside bomb attack in Fallujah.

- In Saqlawiyah Iraqi troops detained a man listed on a suspect roster
for questioning.

- Iraqi soldiers from the 7th Iraqi Army Division and coalition troops
found and seized a weapons cache near Hit. The cache contained 20
pounds of crushed illumination candle mixture, 11 hand grenades, 28
rocket-propelled-grenade launch motors, eight RPGs, 2 RPG launchers, five
sticks of plastic explosive, 31 quarter blocks of TNT, 48 68 mm mortar
rounds, and six AK-47 rifles among a wide variety of ordnance components and
bomb-making materials.

No injuries or damages were reported in any of these missions.