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Release A050901c

U.S. Soldiers, Iraqi Army detain 36 suspected terrorists

Multi-National Force-Iraq

FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq – Iraqi Army forces and U.S. Soldiers detained 24 suspected terrorists during a cordon and search mission southwest of Iskandariyah Aug. 29.

The Soldiers were from the 1st Battalion 155th Infantry, 155th BCT, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).

Additionally, Soldiers of the 150th Engineer Battalion, 155th Brigade Combat Team, detained 12 suspected terrorists in the village of Owesat Aug 29th.

The 155th BCT is a U.S. Army unit assigned to the II Marine Expeditionary Force (Fwd) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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For more information, contact MAJ Erby Montgomery, public affairs officer, 155th

Brigade Combat Team, at erby.montgomery@us.army.mil