Marines Round Up 16 More Insurgents in Northern Babil
Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq - Iraqi Security Forces and elements of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit captured 16 suspected insurgents in south-central Iraq on October 28, continuing to chip away at a loose network of hostile forces seeking to fuel violence south of Baghdad.
Marines patrolling in vehicles near Haswah before sunrise on October 28, observed a truck driving without its lights on. Members of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines - the MEU's ground combat element -- stopped the vehicle. When three men of the six men inside jumped out and attempted to flee on foot, the Marines chased them down. All six were detained. A search of their vehicle uncovered a pistol and 50 rounds for an RPK machine gun.
Elsewhere, the MEU's Force Reconnaissance platoon seized 10 militants in a pair of raids near Lutafiyah. The captured men had in their possession a number of fake identification cards and passports as well as Iraqi police uniforms. All are wanted in connection with attacks on coalition forces in northern Babil province.
The gains of October 28 follow the previous day's capture of 18 insurgents by the Iraqi SWAT team. Since the MEU arrived in the area in July, ISF and Marines have rounded up more than 500 anti-Iraqi elements.
Exploiting a growing knowledge of the threats in the province, the combined forces are conducting daily raids and house-to-house searches in a cooperative effort to disrupt insurgent activity and restore security and stability to the area.
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