Release A051205h
IEDs discovered, five suspects detained
Multi-National Force-Iraq
TIKRIT, Iraq – Five suspected terrorists were detained Dec. 4 after Iraqi Police and U.S. troops found an IED near Bayji and a cache of IEDs near Kirkuk.
A joint patrol between Iraqi Police and Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team discovered a cache of five IEDs waiting to be emplaced near Kirkuk.
The IEDs were made up of 130mm artillery shells with detonating devices attached. An Iraqi explosive ordnance disposal team inspected the IEDs and destroyed them in place.
Two local men, discovered in the area, were detained by the police for questioning.
At about the same time, Soldiers from the 101st’s 3rd BCT discovered an IED near Bayji and called for an explosive ordnance disposal team to defuse the bomb.
While en route to the site, a 3rd BCT unit that was escorting the EOD team received word that the bombs triggermen were in a gray vehicle driving around the area. Immediately after they received the call, the unit stopped and searched a gray car with three passengers, finding a video camera and a long-range detonating device that matched the detonator on the IED.
Terrorist often videotape their deadly work in order to use it as propaganda in the media and on the internet.
After securing the detainees, the Soldiers continued on to the IED site. The IED consisted of a large mortar round and a propane tank with 40 pounds of plastic explosives. Rather than endanger the local residents by destroying the IED in place, the EOD team carefully defused it and took it away for destruction in a safe location.
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For more information, please contact the 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION Public Affairs Office at EDWARD.LOOMIS@US.ARMY.MIL
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