April 22, 2008 – 2:20 am
Staff Sgt. Koke Pomele, an infantry squad leader assigned to Company F, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, attached to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, answers questions of a resident Son of Iraq (Abna al-Iraq) April 16 during operations around the Saha Apartments in the southeastern Rashid district [...]
April 21, 2008 – 2:10 pm
Former detainees read an oath of peace at their release ceremony in Nassir Wa Salam April 17. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment “Gimlets,” 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Multi-National Division – Baghdad released, escorted the men back to their home towns.
U.S. Army photos by Spc Dustin Weidman, 1st Bn., 21st Inf. Regt., 2nd SCR, [...]
April 21, 2008 – 1:25 pm
Spc. Erik Ballentine, a native of Mililani, Hawaii, inspects the eye of a boy March 31 in the village of Juwebe, which is located southwest of Baghdad. The boy was injured during a soccer game when the ball was kicked and struck him in the eye. Ballentine was able to treat the boy and explained [...]
April 20, 2008 – 1:58 pm
Multi-National Division - Baghdad PAO
Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers killed 12 criminals and detained three in separate events in Baghdad April 20.
At 6:40 a.m., MND-B Soldiers witnessed five individuals emplacing an improvised explosive device in the Adhamiyah district. The Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment [attached to the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment] engaged [...]
April 20, 2008 – 1:11 pm
Multi-National Division - Baghdad PAO
A Multi-National Division - Baghdad aerial weapons teams killed seven criminals and Soldiers seized weapons in separate incidents in eastern Baghdad April 19.
The AWT engaged the criminals with a Hellfire missile and killed both criminals transporting weapons at approximately 6:30 p.m. in the Sadr City district of eastern Baghdad. The AWT [...]
April 19, 2008 – 10:40 am
Staff Sgt. John Reyes, a native of Eagle Pass, Texas, takes a short break as he sits on top of a pile of stones at the entrance of Joint Security Station Tharwa 1, April 17. Reyes serves as an infantryman with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, which is attached to [...]
April 19, 2008 – 10:09 am
Spc. Frank Wasson, an infantryman assigned to Company F, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, attached to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, provides security over watch April 16 for Iraqi Army soldiers, from his M240B machine gun, mounted on top of a Stryker Vehicle. The unit out of [...]
April 18, 2008 – 7:29 pm
By Michael R. Gordon, New York Times
BAGHDAD — Trying to stem the infiltration of militia fighters, American forces have begun to build a massive concrete wall that will partition Sadr City, the densely populated Shiite neighborhood in the Iraqi capital.
The construction, which began Tuesday night, is intended to turn the southern quarter of Sadr City [...]
