1st Battalion 22nd Infantry News reports February 2009

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

News Reports

February 2009

February 5, 2009

Police officers from 2nd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, along with Soldiers from
Company A, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, MND-B,
arrested a suspected murderer in the early morning hours using a warrant issued by the Baghdad Operations Center.
The patrol detained the suspect in a house in the Bayaa community and transported the detainee to a nearby Iraqi Police station.

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February 7, 2009

BAGHDAD - Iraqi Security Forces partnered with Multi-National Division-Baghdad Soldiers discovered an improvised explosive
device Feb. 7 while conducting day-time operations in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad. Iraqi Army soldiers
from the 1st Battalion, 24th Brigade, 6th IA Division, partnered with Company B, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, MND-B, discovered the IED while conducting operations
in the Saydiyah neighborhood. The patrol safely transported the device to a joint security station for an ISF explosive ordnance disposal team to handle.

Police officers from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, partnered with
Company A, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, MND-B,
detained a suspected criminal while conducting operations in the Bayaa community in the evening Feb 7.
The NP patrol delivered the detainee to a nearby ISF facility for additional questioning.

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February 8, 2009

.....at approximately 1:15 p.m. IA Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 53rd Brigade, 14th IA Division, partnered with
Company C, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, MND-B,
detained nine suspected criminals using Baghdad Operations Center warrants while conducting operations in the Furat neighborhood.
The IA patrol transported the suspects, wanted for terrorist activity including sectarian violence
and attacks against ISF and CF, to a joint security station for further processing.

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February 9, 2009

Police officers from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd NP Div., partnered with Soldiers from
Company A, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B, discovered a 107mm rocket
while conducting operations in the Bayaa community. An Iraqi EOD unit arrived and safely removed the rocket.

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February 11, 2009

Eight local nationals were killed and 33 injured when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated in the West Rashid district
in southwest Baghdad Feb. 11. Iraqi National Police from 2nd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd NP Division immediately responded
with Multi-National Division-Baghdad Soldiers from 1st Bn., 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Bde., 4th Inf. Div.,
to provide security and first aid. The wounded have been transported to the Yarmouk Hospital for additional care.
The incident is currently under investigation.

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February 23, 2009

Acting on a tip from a Sons of Iraq security volunteer, Iraqi National Police from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd NP Division,
working with Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, discovered a cache
consisting of four 81mm mortar rounds and 15 60mm mortar rounds in a Bayaa neighborhood at approximately 5:30 p.m., Feb. 23.
A Coalition forces explosive ordnance disposal team responded and assessed the cache. The mortar rounds had a lot number of 2006
and were in good condition, said Staff Sgt. Isaac Lewis, the operations sergeant, assigned to the 752nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company.

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February 25, 2009

At approximately 6 a.m. Feb. 25, police officers from the 5th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, and Soldiers from
1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,
used a Baghdad Operations Center warrant in the Shurta community to detain a suspected criminal accused of terrorist activities.
The combined patrol moved the man to a detention facility for additional questioning.

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February 26, 2009

At approximately 11:30 a.m. Feb. 26, Soldiers from 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,
MND-B and Aamel Iraqi Police responded to an explosion on Highway 8 in the Jaza'ir community near central Baghdad.
As the joint patrol arrived, Iraqi police were already spraying water onto a burning vehicle. IP rushed the injured driver to a local hospital
where he later died from his wounds, while other IP remained on site to direct the congested traffic. Police officers from the 2nd Battalion,
7th Brigade, 2nd NP Div., conducting a combined patrol with Paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
arrived to assist with site security. After assessing the situation, the combined patrol determined the driver of the burned vehicle
was transporting an IED that prematurely detonated, causing the fire. A Coalition forces explosive ordinance disposal team
responded to assist with the investigation.

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February 27, 2009

At approximately 12:30 a.m. Feb. 27, a local Iraqi citizen delivered a large improvised explosive device to National Police officers
from the 3rd Bn., 5th Bde., 2nd NP Div., working with Soldiers from 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B,
while the two units conducted joint operations in the Shurta neighborhood in western Bagdad.
The combined patrol safely transported the device to a joint security station.

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