Operation Varsity March leads to capture of suspect (Sayafiyah)
Multi-National Force-Iraq
Tuesday, 27 November 2007
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20071127-04
November 27, 2007
Operation Varsity March leads to capture of suspect (Sayafiyah)
By Spc. Ben Hutto, 3rd HBCT, 3rd Inf. Div. PAO
Multi-National Division – Center PAO
FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, Iraq – Soldiers from Company B, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, captured 13 suspected extremists during a nighttime air assault mission in Sayafiyah, Iraq, a small village outside of Salman Pak, Nov. 24.
One of the detainees was a high-value individual, who is a member of al-Qaeda in Iraq wanted for weapons smuggling and financing attacks on Coalition Forces in Salman Pak and Al Ja’ara.
“According to our intelligence, the insurgent we apprehended was an expert bomb maker and VBIED (vehicle borne improvised explosive device) maker,” said 1st Lt. Matthew Barwick, from Lanham, Md., fire support officer for Co. B. “By apprehending him, we have taken a very dangerous person off the streets and made the area safer.”
During the course of the operation Co. B Soldiers cleared eight houses and barns while searching for the suspects.
“The operation went perfectly,” said Spc. Lyle Johnson, from Comanche, Okla., an indirect fire specialist in Co. B. “We cleared all of our objectives and got the number one HVI and 12 of his partners. We did all of this without firing a shot, so I’d say it was a good operation.”
The 1-15th Inf. Regt. is part of the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga., and has been deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom since March.
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