MNFI Press Release - Nov 21

MND-B SOLDIERS DETAIN SUSPECTED CRIMINAL
MultiNational Division – Baghdad (MND-B) Soldiers detained a suspected criminal in central Baghdad’s Mansour district at approximately 2:30 a.m. on November 20th. Soldiers with the 5th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, detained a man suspected of illegal weapons possession and attacks on Coalition forces.

MND-B SOLDIERS DETAIN 3 SUSPECTED CRIMINALS
MND-B Soldiers detained three suspected criminals on November 20-21 in southern Baghdad’s Rashid district. Acting on an anonymous tip, Soldiers from Troop C, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, detained a suspected criminal at approximately 6:30 p.m. on November 20th in the Abu T’shir community. The individual is suspected of participating in roadside bomb attacks. The Soldiers discovered roadside bomb making materials at the suspect’s residence. An explosive ordnance disposal team responded to analyze the bomb materials. At approximately 3:15 a.m. on November 21st, Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st BCT, 4th ID, detained two suspected criminals during an operation in the Risalah community. The individuals were suspected of participating in roadside bomb attacks.


MND-B SOLDIERS FIND HIDDEN WEAPONS
MND-B Soldiers seized caches in Baghdad on November 19th and 20th. While conducting a dismounted patrol northwest of Baghdad, Soldiers from Company C, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, found a small cache hidden in a field at approximately 11:45 a.m. on November 19th. Their find consisted of (3) 122 mm high explosive rounds. An explosive ordnance detachment collected the rounds for disposal. MND-B Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd SBCT, 25th ID, located a weapons cache containing (22) 57 mm rounds at approximately 9:30 a.m. on November 20th. Later that day, Troop C of the same cavalry squadron found another cache buried underground in Taji at approximately 1 p.m. This cache consisted of (9) grenades of various types, (50) linked 5.56 mm rounds and (100) linked 7.56 mm rounds.

IRAQIS SEND AID TO CALIFORNIA FIRE VICTIMS
A group of Iraqi Soldiers stepped up to help California residents victimized by recent wildfires raging throughout the state. Iraqi Army Colonel Abbas Fadhil, Besmaya Range Complex commander, and his team of "Abbas' Eagles" raised $500 for wildfire relief. "We want to send a message to the American president and the American people," Abbas said. "We feel that we are a family — one body. When one part of the body suffers, the other parts suffer, too." This is the fourth donation the Soldiers of Besmaya have sent to the American people recently. In September, they raised $1,500 for victims of hurricanes Gustav and Ike. The Eagles also donated $500 to the National September 11 Memorial.