SOLDIERS DETAIN MAN TRYING TO DETONATE AN IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE


FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq – Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment, 155th Brigade Combat Team, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), captured a man who was waiting to detonate an improvised explosive device near the Al-Shaha





















(I-Newswire) May 27, 2005 - An informant notified U.S. Soldiers of a man acting in a suspicious manner. When the Soldiers arrived on scene, they observed him squatting on the side of the road. He fled on foot and was wounded when Soldiers fired at him.

The man was treated for his wounds and is in stable condition with Coalition Forces.

The IED, a 105mm artillery round with wires extending from it, consisted of a white box with detonation cord, a circuit board, four double-A batteries, a washing machine timer, and blasting caps, and had been emplaced in the middle of a main street 500 meters from the mosque. The Soldiers also found a garage door opener in the vicinity of his initial position.

An Explosive Ordinance Disposal team from Forward Operating Base Iskandariyah conducted a deliberate explosion on some explosive material they saw protruding from a crater. The explosion revealed two additional 152mm artillery rounds buried in a pre-existing crater.

The individual in custody had been previously detained by Iraqi National Guard forces in February 2005 for emplacing IEDs in the Jurf As Sakhr area.

The 155th Brigade Combat Team is assigned to II MEF (Fwd) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

For more information, contact Sergeant 1st Class Kevin W. Reeves, 155th BCT public affairs, at kevin.w.reeves@us.army.mil.



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