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Release A051112d

Task Force Baghdad Soldiers capture IED cell members

Multi-National Force-Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Task Force Baghdad Soldiers detained five terror suspects during an early-morning raid in southern Baghdad Nov. 11.

After searching several houses, Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment captured the terrorists who are believed to be members of a roadside bomb emplacement cell operating in the western al Rasheed district.

The group had also been linked to illegal weapons trading and the killing of Iraqi security forces in the area.

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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.