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Photo Release# 092507-01
Sept. 24, 2007

Multinational Division – North PAO


Three Iraqi army soldiers from the 5th IA Division begin movement for their objectives during Operation Rock Wrench Sept. 22. Iraqi forces focused on clearing structures while U.S. forces provided security for the mission in the industrial section of southern Baqouba. (U.S. Army Photo by 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)


Spc. Garrett Vogland of 1-12 Combined Arms Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, provides security for Iraqi soldiers during Operation Rock Wrench Sept 22. Iraqi forces focused on clearing structures while U.S. forces provided security for the mission in the industrial section of south Baqouba. (U.S. Army Photo by 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)


Pfc. Michael Strausbaugh and Spc. Carlos Livingston of the 1-12 Combined Arms Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, hurry through an intersection during Operation Rock Wrench, a joint mission with the 5th Iraqi Army Division Sept 22. Iraqi forces focused on clearing structures while U.S. forces provided security for the mission in the industrial section of southern Baqouba. (U.S. Army Photo by 1st. Lt Richard Ybarra, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)


5th Iraqi Army Division soldiers secure a street before clearing the buildings in the industrial section of southern Baqouba during Operation Rock Wrench Sept 22. Iraqi forces focused on clearing structures while U.S. forces provided security. (U.S. Army Photo by 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)


A Soldier from the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, provides rear security as a weapons cache consisting of grenades and hand-held radios, discovered by soldiers of the 5th Iraqi Army Division, burns. Iraqi forces focused on clearing structures while U.S. forces provided security for the mission in the industrial section of southern Baqouba. (U.S. Army Photo by 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)


An automatic weapons team from the 5th Iraqi Army Division moves through the industrial section of southern Baqouba, Sept. 22. Iraqi forces focused on clearing structures while U.S. forces provided security for the mission. (U.S. Army Photo by 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

Labels: 1-38th Infantry, 2ID, 5th Iraqi Army Division, Baqouba, Iraq, Iraqi Army, photos, US Army

Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070711-02
July 11, 2007

Multi-National Division – North PAO

BAQOUBA, Iraq – Iraqi Security Forces and Coalition Forces discovered an al-Qaida safe house, north of the capital of Diyala province, early this week.

Iraqi Army soldiers and CF Soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, found the building while conducting operations north of Baqouba. Inside, the patrol found medical supplies, medical equipment and al-Qaida related propaganda.

Also inside the building was a room with indicators that it had been used as a place of torture, such as blood on the walls and blacked out windows.

One person was detained near the building after locals identified him as being an insurgent.

The Iraqi Soldiers destroyed the medical supplies after finding they were expired.
Since the beginning of Operation Arrowhead Ripper, at least 60 al-Qaeda operatives have been killed, 222 have been detained, 55 weapons caches have been discovered, 125 improvised explosive devices have been destroyed and 24 booby-trapped structures have been destroyed.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT MULTI-NATIONAL DIVISION – NORTH AT: TFLIGHTNING.PAO-AT-US.ARMY.MIL

Labels: 1-12 Infantry, Baqouba, Iraq, Operation Arrowhead Ripper

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 070629-02
June 29, 2007

4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division Public Affairs Office

Two Soldiers attached to 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment walk en route to a house in the outskirts of Baqouba to give medical attention to a baby June 23. Soldiers of 2-1 Cav., 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, from Fort Lewis, Wash., have sealed off Baqouba as their sister Stryker Brigade, 3-2 SBCT, also from Fort Lewis, Wash., continues to clear the city of Baqouba in a major offensive known as Arrowhead Ripper launched on the city and its outskirts on June 18. Arrowhead Ripper aims to kill or capture all insurgents in Baqouba by sealing off the city and any avenues of escape. Meanwhile, Soldiers with 4-2 SBCT are meeting with village leaders and rendering medical aid to people in the outlying villages. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Antonieta Rico)


Soldiers investigate a suspicious car in a village on the outskirts of Baqouba June 23. The Soldiers are with Company B, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, from Fort Lewis, Wash. The Co. B Soldiers and Soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, also with 4-2 SBCT, have sealed off Baqouba as their sister Stryker Brigade, 3-2 SBCT, also from Fort Lewis, Wash., continues to clear the city of Baqouba in a major offensive known as Arrowhead Ripper launched on the city and its outskirts on June 18. Arrowhead Ripper aims to kill or capture all insurgents in Baqouba by sealing off the city and any avenues of escape. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Antonieta Rico)


Soldiers patrol the outskirts of Baqouba June 23. The Soldiers are with Company B, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, from Fort Lewis, Wash. The Co. B Soldiers and Soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, also with 4-2 SBCT, have sealed off Baqouba as their sister Stryker Brigade, 3-2 SBCT, also from Fort Lewis, Wash., continues to clear the city of Baqouba in a major offensive known as Arrowhead Ripper launched on the city and its outskirts on June 18. Arrowhead Ripper aims to kill or capture all insurgents in Baqouba by sealing off the city and any avenues of escape. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Antonieta Rico)


Soldiers fire their weapons from a Mobile Gun System Stryker variant on the outskirts of Baqouba June 23. The Soldiers are with Company B, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, from Fort Lewis, Wash. The Co. B Soldiers and Soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, also with 4-2 SBCT, have sealed off Baqouba as their sister Stryker Brigade, 3-2 SBCT, also from Fort Lewis, Wash., continues to clear the city of Baqouba in a major offensive known as Arrowhead Ripper launched on the city and its outskirts on June 18. Arrowhead Ripper aims to kill or capture all insurgents in Baqouba by sealing off the city and any avenues of escape. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Antonieta Rico)


Soldiers patrol the outskirts of Baqouba June 23. The Soldiers are with Company B, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, from Fort Lewis, Wash. The Co. B Soldiers and Soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, also with 4-2 SBCT, have sealed off Baqouba as their sister Stryker Brigade, 3-2 SBCT, also from Fort Lewis, Wash., continues to clear the city of Baqouba in a major offensive known as Arrowhead Ripper launched on the city and its outskirts on June 18. Arrowhead Ripper aims to kill or capture all insurgents in Baqouba by sealing off the city and any avenues of escape. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Antonieta Rico)


Soldiers patrol the outskirts of Baqouba June 23 as an Apache helicopter provides air support over head. The Soldiers are with Company B, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, from Fort Lewis, Wash. The Co. B Soldiers and Soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, also with 4-2 SBCT, have sealed off Baqouba as their sister Stryker Brigade, 3-2 SBCT, also from Fort Lewis, Wash., continues to clear the city of Baqouba in a major offensive known as Arrowhead Ripper launched on the city and its outskirts on June 18. Arrowhead Ripper aims to kill or capture all insurgents in Baqouba by sealing off the city and any avenues of escape. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Antonieta Rico)


A Soldier guards a door while clearing a building on the outskirts of Baqouba June 23. The Soldiers is with Company B, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, from Fort Lewis, Wash. The Co. B Soldiers and Soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, also with 4-2 SBCT, have sealed off Baqouba as their sister Stryker Brigade, 3-2 SBCT, also from Fort Lewis, Wash., continues to clear the city of Baqouba in a major offensive known as Arrowhead Ripper launched on the city and its outskirts on June 18. Arrowhead Ripper aims to kill or capture all insurgents in Baqouba by sealing off the city and any avenues of escape. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Antonieta Rico)


A Soldier walks through the hallways of a school after clearing the building in the western outskirts of Baqouba June 23. The Soldier is with Company B, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, from Fort Lewis, Wash. The Co. B Soldiers and Soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, also with 4-2 SBCT, have sealed off the western side of Baqouba as their sister Stryker Brigade, 3-2 SBCT, also from Fort Lewis, Wash., continues to clear the city of Baqouba in a major offensive known as Arrowhead Ripper launched on the city and its outskirts on June 18. Arrowhead Ripper aims to kill or capture all insurgents in Baqouba by sealing off the city and any avenues of escape. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Antonieta Rico)


Sgt. 1st Class Mark Roberts guards a gate in a village in the western outskirts of Baqouba June 23. Roberts was securing the site as a Civil Affairs team met with leaders of the village to discuss their civic needs. Soldiers with Company B, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, from Fort Lewis, Wash., and Soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, also with 4-2 SBCT, have sealed off the western side of Baqouba as their sister Stryker Brigade, 3-2 SBCT, also from Fort Lewis, Wash., continues to clear the city of Baqouba in a major offensive known as Arrowhead Ripper launched on the city and its outskirts on June 18. Arrowhead Ripper aims to kill or capture all insurgents in Baqouba by sealing off the city and any avenues of escape. Meanwhile the civil affairs team is trying to gauge and mitigate any difficulties caused by the clearing operation on the local people. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Antonieta Rico)


A Soldier with Troop B, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment secures a house in the western outskirts of Baqouba June 23. Soldiers of 2-1 Cav., 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, from Fort Lewis, Wash., and Soldiers with Company B, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, also with 4-2 SBCT, have sealed off the western side of Baqouba as their sister Stryker Brigade, 3-2 SBCT, also from Fort Lewis, Wash., continues to clear the city of Baqouba in a major offensive known as Arrowhead Ripper launched on the city and its outskirts on June 18. Arrowhead Ripper aims to kill or capture all insurgents in Baqouba by sealing off the city and any avenues of escape. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Antonieta Rico)

Labels: 2-1 Cavalry, 4-9 Infantry Regiment, 4SBCT, Baqouba, Iraq, Operation Arrowhead Ripper, photos, US Army

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Release No. 060507-02
June 5, 2007


BAQOUBA, Iraq – The newly formed Diyala Support Committee met with members of the Diyala provincial government, Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces, and local sheiks, including Sheik Ahmed Al-Tamimi, during their first visit to the province, June 5.

The DSC is formed by Iraqi Parliament members who have expressed concern about the current situation in the province and are committed to bringing the challenges and setbacks faced by the provincial government to the attention of the central government, while lobbying for additional support for Diyala.

During the visit, the DSC members received an operational update of the Diyala Operations Center by its chief, Maj. Gen. Ghanim Saleh Hussayn, and Lt. Gen. Ali Gheidan Al Otbi, Iraqi Ground Forces commander. Also in attendance were Governor Ra’ad Rasheed Al-Tamimi; Maj. Gen. Ghanem Al Qureshy, Provincial Director of Police; Brig. Gen. Mick Bednarek, Task Force Lightning’s deputy commanding general for operations; Brig. Gen. James M. McDonald, Multinational Forces-Iraq effects coordinator, and other members of the provincial government and security forces.

“Today’s meeting was a significant first step in integrating the non-military resources of the national government into security operations in Diyala,” said Lt. Col. James D. George Jr., acting commander for 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. “The presence of the DSC, on the ground, here in Diyala, will provide vital first-hand awareness of the conditions and needs of the province.”

The DSC will receive updates from the provincial government and ISF to monitor progress in security and the provision of essential services. This awareness will enable the committee to leverage the resources of the central government in support of Diyala.


Maj. Gen. Ghanim Saleh Hussayn, Diyala Operation Center chief and Lt. Gen. Ali Gheidan Al Otbi, Iraqi Ground Forces commander, brief members of the Diyala Support Committee on current operations as well as DOC functionality, June 5. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Raul E. Marquez, Public Affairs Officer, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division)


Sheik Ahmed Al-Tamimi addresses Diyala Support Committee members during the first DSC meeting conducted in Diyala, June 5. The DSC members are committed to lobbying for additional support from central government for the province. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Raul E. Marquez, Public Affairs Officer, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division).


Governor Ra’ad al Tamimi addresses Diyala Support Committee members and Diyala sheiks during a DSC meeting conducted in Diyala, June 5. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Raul E. Marquez, Public Affairs Officer, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division).


Members of the Diyala Support Committee meet with Diyala’s government officials, Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces to discuss current operations and express their commitment to the people of Diyala, June 5. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Raul E. Marquez, Public Affairs Officer, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division).

Labels: 1st Cavalry Division, 3BCT, Baqouba, Diyala Province, Good News, Iraq, photos