Troops from the 1st Cavalry Division’s Task Force Baghdad spent the weekend rounding up suspected insurgents.

Task Force Baghdad soldiers arrested six suspected insurgents early Saturday in a series of operations in Baghdad.

Seven more were detained on Sunday.

Troops from 2nd Brigade Combat Team (Commandos), 10th Mountain Division, including the 303rd Iraqi National Guard and Fort Hood based 91st Engineer Battalion carried out a series of eight operations early Saturday morning targeting suspected insurgent strongholds.

Six suspects were detained for questioning, among them a former Iraqi General suspected of running a terrorist safe house and planning attacks on coalition troops and Iraqi government officials.Tips from Iraqis helped the troops locate the suspects.

“Many of these tips were passed by the Iraqi citizens through the ‘tips hotline’ we have set up,” said Maj. Web Wright, spokesman for the brigade. “This is a fantastic way for Iraqis who want to put an end to the insurgents’ reign of terror, to give us the information we need to hunt down these murderers and criminals.”

Then on Sunday, soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team (Commandos), 10th Mountain Division arrested seven more suspected insurgents after stopping a van that matched the description of a vehicle used by insurgents.

The commandos also carried out six raids on various insurgent targets throughout Baghdad and detained three other individuals for questioning, the military said.

from KWTX