1st Battalion 22nd Infantry News Reports September 2008

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

News Reports

September 2008

September 2, 2008

Soldiers serving with Company D, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,
MND-B seized a weapons cache in the East Rashid district of Baghdad at approximately 12:30 a.m. Sept 2.
The cache contained 300 7.62 rounds, three fuses and a half block of C4.

Soldiers of Company B, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, attached to the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, MND-B, arrested a known Special Groups criminal at approximately 4:30 p.m.,
in the Bayaa community in southern Baghdad Sep. 1.

Soldiers of Co. A, 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., captured a known SG criminal platoon leader
wanted for kidnapping and terrorizing Iraqi citizens at approximately 10:30 p.m.

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September 4, 2008

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq - Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Division -
Baghdad Soldiers seized munitions during a combined cordon and search operation Sep. 3-4 in the Rashid district of
Southern Baghdad. At approximately 5:30 p.m. Sept. 3, Iraqi Army soldiers from 1st Battalion, 53rd Brigade, 14th Iraqi Army Division,
discovered approximately 440 pounds of C4 plastic explosives buried in a garden outside of a house in the Aamel community of Rashid.
The IA soldiers delivered the explosives to Soldiers of Company A, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, MND-B, Sep. 4 at a combat outpost in southern Baghdad.

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September 10, 2008

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq - Iraqi Security Forces, operating in southern Baghdad's Rashid district,
defeated improvised-explosive devices and arrested criminals Sept. 9. Iraqi National Policemen of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Brigade,
2nd National Police Division, reported a homemade bomb made of a two-liter bottle of nitrate rigged with a timer to
Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers at about 11:20 a.m. Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, responded to the call and assisted the ISF
until an Explosive Ordnance Team arrived on the site in a neighborhood of the Jihad community.

At approximately 11 p.m., Soldiers of the 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., arrested a suspected member of a Special Groups criminal cell
operating in Baghdad's Jihad community of the Rashid district.

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September 11, 2008

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq - Multi-National Division -Baghdad Soldiers detained four criminals
in Baghdad's Rashid district Sep. 11. At approximately 3 a.m. Soldiers from Headquarters and
Headquarters Company, 1st, Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,
MND-B detained four suspected criminals in the Jihad community of Baghdad's Rashid district.
The detainees were taken to a local joint security station for further questioning. "Soldiers from the Regulars Battalion patrol the streets daily,"
said Lt. Col. Paul Hossenlopp, Deputy Commander, 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B.
"They continue to make the Rashid district a safer place to live."

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September 13, 2008

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq - Multi-National Division -Baghdad Soldiers detained a suspected Special Groups leader
in Baghdad's Rashid district Sep. 12. At approximately 10:20 a.m., soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 53rd Brigade, 14th Iraqi Army Division,
and Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, MND-B
arrested a suspected Special Groups leader in the Jihad community. The suspect is responsible for an attack on Baghdad International Airport, Jul. 10.

At approximately 8:15 p.m., Sep. 13, Soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, found an 82 mm mortar round in the Jihad community.
An explosives ordnance disposal unit took the mortar round to a forward operating base for analysis and destruction.
Also in the Jihad community at approximately 10 p.m. Sep. 13, Soldiers from Co C, 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt.,
1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., detained a Special Groups criminal allegedly responsible for recent
sectarian attacks in the Jihad and Furat communities.

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September 15, 2008

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq - Multi-National Division -Baghdad Soldiers detain two suspected Special Groups criminals
in Baghdad's Rashid district Sep. 14-15. At approximately 2:30 p.m. Sep. 14, Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, MND-B, detained a suspected special groups criminal in the Shurta community.
The detainee is accused of sectarian violence and emplacing explosively formed penetrators in the Aamel community.
At approximately 1:15 a.m. Sep. 15, Soldiers from Company D, 2nd Bn., 4th Inf. Regt., attached to the 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B,
detained a suspected special groups criminal in the Aamel community. The detainee is accused of attacks against coalition forces
and Sunnis in the Aamel community.

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September 16, 2008

Soldiers serving with Company C, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,
discovered seven 60 mm mortars inside a bag in a courtyard in the West Rashid
district of Baghdad at approximately 12:30 a.m. Sept. 16.

At approximately 7:50 p.m., National Police from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd NP Div., reported a possible IED
to Soldiers from Company D, 4th Bn., 64th Armor Regiment, attached to the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment,
1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., in the Bayaa community. Soldiers from Company A, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment,
attached to the 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., helped secure the site for an explosives ordnance disposal unit to disarm the IED.
The EOD unit removed a 12-inch cylinder magnetic rocket-propelled grenade and cell phone initiator from under a vehicle seat.

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September 19, 2008

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq - Multi-National Division -Baghdad Soldiers detained two Special Groups criminals
in the Hayy Jihad of Baghdad's Rashid district Sept. 19. At approximately 6 a.m., Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, MND-B, conducted a targeted raid
using actionable military intelligence to apprehend two suspected SG criminals living in southern Baghdad.
Two pistols were confiscated from the detainees, who are reputedly responsible for sectarian violence in southwestern Baghdad.

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September 21, 2008

At approximately 12:30 a.m. Sept. 21, Soldiers of Company C, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment,
1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B, discovered a weapons cache while investigating a tip from a concerned Iraqi.
The Soldiers immediately notified an explosives ordnance disposal unit after they discovered four 57 mm rockets,
nine 60 mm mortar rounds, two rocket propelled grenades, two RPG boosters, an illumination round, a grenade fuse,
300 12.7 mm rounds, 200 7.62 mm rounds, and IED-making materials.

Soldiers detained seven suspected criminals and discovered hidden weapons caches Sept. 21-22 in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad.
At approximately 10 a.m., an Iraqi citizen approached Soldiers from Company D, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment,
attached to the 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, MND-B,
about an improvised explosive device in his yard in the Zubaida community. Sept. 21. After arriving at the house,
Soldiers found a fire extinguisher with foam and wires protruding and called an explosive ordnance disposal unit
to clear the homemade device from the citizen's front yard. EOD disposed of two pounds
of homemade explosive material found inside the fire extinguisher.

At approximately 8 p.m., Soldiers from Co. A, 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B,
arrested three suspected criminals in the Aamel community of southern Baghdad.
The Soldiers took the detainees to a combat outpost for further questioning.

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September 22, 2008

Soldiers from Co. A, 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., also arrested a suspected special groups criminal at approximately 2 a.m. Sept. 22,
during an intelligence-driven target raid in the Jihad community of the Rashid district in southern Baghdad.

Another tip from an Iraqi citizen led Soldiers serving with Company C, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, MND-B to a 25 mm round, a grenade and an SKS rifle
in the West Rashid district of Baghdad at approximately 6:30 p.m.

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September 29, 2008

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq - Multi-National Division -Baghdad Soldiers, working alongside Iraqi Security Forces
in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad, confiscated weapons caches and detained suspected Iranian backed Special Groups criminals
Sept. 27-28. At approximately 7 p.m., Soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team
, 4th Infantry Division, MND-B, reported finding a weapons cache in Hayy Jihad of the Rashid district Sept. 27.
After contacting an explosives ordnance disposal unit, Soldiers found four 60 mm mortar rounds, a 57 mm projectile,
two sniper scopes, 16 AK-47 magazines, four blasting caps and 250 7.62 mm rounds.

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September 30, 2008

Soldiers seized a weapons cache and detained suspected criminals Sept. 30 in southern Baghdad's Rashid district.
Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,
and Iraqi National Police of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd NP Division, discovered 32 60 mm mortar rounds,
five 81 mm mortar rounds, two grenades, five anti-personnel rocket propelled grenades and an anti-armor RPG
at approximately 1:30 p.m. in the Hayy Aamel neighborhood of the Rashid district.

At approximately 2:30 p.m. Sept. 29, Soldiers from Company D, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment,
attached to the 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, MND-B,
detained an individual after he made threats to several Iraqi citizens in the Zubaida community. The patrol returned to a combat outpost
with the detainee for further questioning. After searching the area, Co. D Soldiers detained two individuals believed to have information about the weapons.

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