Release A051003d
Seven terror suspects detained in morning raid
Multi-National Force-Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition soldiers and Iraqi security forces detained seven suspected terrorists, including a physics professor allegedly working as a terror cell leader in west Baghdad, during an early-morning raid Oct. 2.
Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment found bomb-making materials and various chemicals and detained seven men in two separate locations in Saydiyah. The men were suspected of using the materials and chemicals to make roadside bombs that target Coalition Forces and Iraqi security forces.
Other items found during the raid included electronic circuit boards, circuit testers, wireless car alarms, spools of wire, a computer processor, a loaded AK-47 assault rifle and a pistol.
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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS RELEASE, CONTACT THE TASK FORCE BAGHDAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS PLANS AND OPERATIONS NCO, SGT. FIRST CLASS DAVID ABRAMS AT: DAVID.ABRAMS@ID3.ARMY.MIL.
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