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CAMP TAJI, Iraq, August 25, 2006 - A platoon of Estonian soldiers attached to 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, detained five suspected terrorists and seized their weapons after a small-arms engagement Tuesday north of Baghdad in Saab al Bour. The Estonian soldiers searched the area near the source of the hostile fire and seized three AK-47 assault rifles, a PKC machine gun with ammunition and a sniper scope. The suspects are being held for questioning. In a separate incident, Multi-National Division – Baghdad soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, confiscated a large weapons cache and detained one suspected terrorist Tuesday in eastern Baghdad. The MND-B soldiers discovered the cache when they stopped a suspicious looking convoy of civilian vehicles and found several armed men mixed in with the vehicles. Upon searching the vehicles, the soldiers discovered 28 AK-47 assault rifles, three PKM machineguns, a Dragunov rifle, 55 AK-47 magazines and various amounts of ammunition. The weapons were confiscated and a suspected terrorist is being held for questioning. |
