1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Iraq News August 06

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

News Reports

August 2006

IA, MND-B Soldiers detain 3 suspected terrorists

Maj. David Olson

1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div.

August 3, 2006

CAMP TAJI , Iraq – Elements of 2nd Tank Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division , conducted a combined cordon and search mission
with Soldiers of Troop A, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,
of four houses north of Baghdad at approximately 4:30 a.m. Wednesday resulting in the detention of one suspected terrorist.

Meanwhile, a patrol from Company B, 1st Battalion, 22nd Inf. Regt., 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., conducted a cordon and search mission
northwest of Baghdad at approximately 4 a.m. Wednesday resulting in the detention of two suspected terrorists.
The Iraqi army and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers, continue to conduct offensive operations
to provide a safe and secure environment for all Iraqi citizens.

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MND-B Soldiers find weapons cache

Maj. David Olson

1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div.

August 3, 2006

CAMP TAJI, Iraq – A patrol from 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,
found a weapons cache northwest of Baghdad at approximately 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The Company D patrol found 19 73mm rockets, two 120mm mortar rounds and 19 73mm rockets.

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Maj. David Olson

1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div.

August 8, 2006

..............a patrol from 1st Battalion, 22nd Inf. Regt., 1st BCT, found an ammunition cache while conducting a dismounted patrol
west of Baghdad at approximately 10:30 p.m. Sunday. The Company A patrol discovered a 130mm artillery round, an RPG round,
a case of 20.7mm anti-aircraft rounds and three cases of 7.62mm rounds.

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August 10, 2006

MND-B Soldiers find weapons, seize ammunition

Maj. David Olson

1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div.

CAMP TAJI, Iraq – A patrol from 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,
found a weapons cache while conducting area reconnaissance west of Baghdad at approximately 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.

The Company A patrol seized six AK-47 assault rifles, 1,500 PKC machinegun rounds, three cases of 7.62mm rounds,
300 loose 7.62mm rounds, six AK-47 magazines, a hand grenade and a sniper scope.

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August 10, 2006

MND-B Soldiers detain terrorists, find caches

Maj. David Olson

1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div.

CAMP TAJI , Iraq – A patrol from 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,
confronted and detained two suspected terrorists while conducting area reconnaissance west of Baghdad at approximately 10 a.m. Tuesday.

The Company D patrol stopped a vehicle after the occupants threw a bag of unknown contents onto the road.

After questioning the vehicle’s occupants, the patrol learned that the bag contained 27 60mm mortar primers and 12 89mm mortar primers.
The patrol secured the bag and detained the two suspects for questioning.

Later, another patrol from 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., found a weapons cache in a house west of Baghdad
while conducting an area reconnaissance operation at approximately 6 p.m. Tuesday.

The Company A patrol found six AK-47 assault rifles, a sniper rifle, three full ammunition cans of RPK machinegun rounds,
20 AK-47 magazines full of 7.62mm rounds, a rocket-propelled grenade round and a set of body armor.
The patrol seized the military equipment and munitions and detained the suspects for questioning.

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August 22, 2006

IA, MND-B Soldiers seize weapons, munitions, detain 5 suspected terrorists

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team,
4th Infantry Division, discovered a munitions cache while on a dismounted patrol northwest of Baghdad Sunday night.

The cache consisted of 20 120mm rounds and a 155mm round.

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal team performed a controlled detonation of the munitions.

In a separate incident earlier in the day, Iraqi army soldiers from 5th Special Troops Company, 9th Iraqi Army Division,
detained five suspected terrorists and seized weapons and munitions during a permissive entry of the Al Fadly Mosque in Bob al Shaam north of Baghdad.

A tip from a concerned citizen led the soldiers to the weapons, which included seven AK-47 assault rifles, two PKC machine guns,
two pistols, 20 fully-loaded magazines of 7.62mm ammunition, three handheld radios rigged as bomb detonators and a set of body armor.

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