Iraqi and U.S. Soldiers nabbed 46 men suspected of involvement with the al Qaeda network July 12, 2007 under the cover of darkness, east of Lutifiyah, Iraq.

Troops of the 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division and Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) out of Fort Drum, N.Y., air assaulted in the area, and then began searching reeds along canals for weapons caches.

The combined air assault detained 29 men on the Iraqi army’s list of persons of interest, and 14 others who were identified by sources as terrorists. Three other men detained were taken for questioning on suspicion of [...] activity.

The detainees were taken to FOB Mahmudiyah for questioning.

Participating Units

American Units

• 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry)

Iraqi Units

• 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division

See also

War related Articles

• Iraq War

Iraq Related Articles

• Iraq
• History of Iraq

[...], Bombings and Insurgency Related

• [...]
• Iraq Insurgency
• [...] bombings in Iraq since 2003
• Bombings and [...] attacks of the Iraq War
• [...] attacks of the Iraq War

Casualties

• United States casualties of war
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Iraq Body Count project
• List of Coalition forces killed in Iraq in 2006
• Violence against academics in post-invasion Iraq

References

• National Force Iraq - OperationEagle Ares