1st Battalion 22nd Infantry News Iraq October 2006

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

News Reports

October 2006

MND-B Soldiers seize large weapons cache

Multi-national Division – Baghdad PAO

October 2, 2006

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team,
4th Infantry Division, seized a large weapons cache northwest of Baghdad at approximately 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
The cache consisted of 141 rocket-propelled grenades, 150 RPG boosters, 186 fuses, 50 grenade bodies and a missile warhead.
An Explosive Ordnance Disposal team destroyed the weapons.

As of Friday, Iraqi Security Forces and MND-B Soldiers have cleared approximately 95,500 buildings, 79 mosques and 65 muhallas,
detained more than 120 terrorist suspects, seized more than 1,700 weapons, registered more than 780 weapons
and found 37 weapons caches in support of Operation Together Forward.
The combined forces have also removed more than 195,841 cubic meters of trash from the streets of Baghdad.

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Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO

October 3, 2006

In a separate incident, soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, and 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, detained a terrorist cell leader and 18 other suspects
during a combined cordon and search west of Baghdad at approximately 8 a.m. Monday.

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MND-B Soldiers apprehend high-value target in western Baghdad

Sgt. Nathan Ryno

1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., 2nd BCT, 1st Armored Div.

October 10, 2006

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers spotted and detained a key terrorist cell leader early Saturday,
along with three cell members, while conducting a traffic control point in western Baghdad.

The Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division,
captured the terrorist leader who was allegedly in charge of a cell that used snipers to attack civilians
in the Khan Dari and Ibrahim Bin Ali regions of western Iraq.

“This is a man that has no feelings of remorse for anyone he targets,” said 1st Sgt. Michael Willis, of Co. A.
“His victims have been Iraqi army soldiers, local citizens, to include women and children, and Coalition Forces in western Baghdad.”

Over the past few months, this cell has waged a war of terror by killing local citizens, which caused an increase in local citizens calling tip lines,
said Pfc. Roy Henson, an infantrymen in Co. A. “We are seeing more and more tips come in and a lot more citizens
are willing to come up and talk to us. The citizens are tired of crimes committed against the people of Iraq, and Iraq’s infrastructure,
and want to help in eliminating terror in the local neighborhoods,” he explained.

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1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt. seizes numerous weapons, munitions west of Baghdad

October 13, 2006

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers seized a large munitions cache
while conducting a combat patrol northwest of Baghdad Tuesday.

The Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,
1st Armored Division, seized 123 rocket-propelled grenade rounds, seven 120mm mortar rounds, five 20mm mortar rounds,
41 illumination rounds, a RPG launcher, four boxes of .50-caliber ammunition and various bomb-making materials.

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

In a separate event, MND-B Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt.,
seized a large weapons and munitions cache while conducting a combat patrol west of Baghdad Wednesday.

The Soldiers seized 5,000 13.5mm armor-piercing rounds, 130 82mm mortar rounds, four 120mm mortar rounds,
30 60mm mortar rounds, five rockets, 28 RPG rounds, five 40mm high-explosive rounds, 13 grenades, five RPG launchers,
five rifles and various bomb-making materials.

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

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October 14, 2006

MND-B Soldiers seize large weapons cache in western Baghdad

Sgt. Nathan Ryno

1st Bn., 22nd Inf., 2nd BCT, 1st Armored Div.

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers seized a large weapons cache Tuesday in western Baghdad.

The Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,
attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, seized the cache, which consisted of 12 60mm mortar rounds,
104 expelling charges, 55 120mm mortar rounds, 15 120mm mortar rounds, seven 125mm mortar rounds,
seven 122mm mortar rounds and various bomb-making materials.

Soldiers from 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., continued to search for possible weapons caches and conduct operations to deny terrorists the ability to operate.

“The weapons were hidden behind mounds of sand,” said Staff Sgt. Timothy Mosteller, Co. A.
“The unit on the ground was on a routine patrol and started searching the local area for possible weapons
and found an extremely large cache. It was a good find.”

“We had to dig a little to get the bulk of the weapons,” added Pfc. Matthew Neel, “but once everything was uncovered,
it was clear that we had a very large amount of hidden weapons.”

BAGHDAD –Ordnance found in western Baghdad Tuesday is stacked and categorized prior to being detonated an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team.

(U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Robert Murray, Co. A, 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., 2nd BCT, 1st Armored Div., MND-B)

BAGHDAD –Ordnance found in western Baghdad Tuesday is stacked and categorized prior to being detonated an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team.

(U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Robert Murray, Co. A, 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., 2nd BCT, 1st Armored Div., MND-B)

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MND-B Soldiers distribute school supplies from non-profit organizations to children of Iraq

Spc. Joshua Ramey

2nd BCT PAO, 1st Armored Div.

October 17, 2006

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers delivered school supplies and soccer balls,
all donated from organizations in the United States, to the children of a rural district in western Baghdad Oct. 12.
The Organizations responsible for donations were the Boy Scouts of America, talk show personality Steffan Tubbs
of KOA 850 AM in Denver, Colo. , and Operation Iraqi Children, headed by actor Gary Sinise and author Laura Hillenbrand.

“We’re working with the Iraqi police and the local Sheik to help better the government and central services in the area for these people,”
said Capt. Craig Childs, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment,
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division. “A project like this is a visible representation of our investment in the future of this country
because we’re showing that we care about the education of younger generations. Parents are going to appreciate anything we can do for their children.”

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October 24, 2006

Soldiers from 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, MND-B, found a large weapons cache
while conducting a combat patrol west of Baghdad Friday afternoon. The cache contained 28 120mm mortar rounds,
three 155mm artillery rounds, two 130mm artillery rounds, two 100mm mortar rounds, a box of 7.62mm ammunition,
a rocket-propelled grenade launcher and an M16 assault rifle. The illegal munitions were destroyed by an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team.

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