IED Roll-up! From CJ.

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In all this week, more than 225 IEDs were prevented from being constructed. This does not take into account the IEDs that would have been built later by the guys we killed/captured this week. 225 is a pretty conservative number given the amount of materiel we found here. More than 1800 people will not be killed or injured from the devestating effects of these devices. Here's this week's IED Roll-Up:

6 May - Ansar al-Islam member and chemical expert Ali Wali, was killed during a counterterrorist raid in the Mansur district of Baghdad. Local citizens transported two bodies to the morgue where Coalition forces later confirmed the identity of the wanted terrorist. soldiers were not able to confirm the identity of the other man. Ali Wali, whose full name is believed to be Abbas bin Farnas bin Qafqas, was an Iraqi Kurd who served as a key leader in Ansar al-Islam's military command responsible for training and military operations including the planning of suicide operations, ambushes and kidnapping. Ali Wali was also an expert in the implementation of explosives as well as in the use of artillery, tanks and anti-aircraft weapons and allegedly was an expert in toxins and poisons. Wait, this can't be. I thought all the Dumbocrats said that there weren't any toxins and poisons in Iraq? If I weren't smarter than that, I'd be cornfused.

7 May - Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 4th Iraqi Army Division and Coalition forces captured nine suspected members of a terrorist cell near Kirkuk. Iraqi soldiers moved to the target in the village of Tawilah, just outside Kirkuk, where they found five suspects, all members of a local terror cell responsible for making and emplacing improvised explosive devices. The five suspects, with four other individuals who were in the home at the time, were taken to a U.S. military compound in Kirkuk for questioning.

7 May - Coalition Soldiers discovered a cache west of Bayji based on information from a local citizen . The cache included an improvised explosive device ready for placement, nine anti-tank mines, eight hand grenades, various other weapons and IED making equipment, as well as an improvised rocket launcher. An explosive ordnance disposal team conducted a controlled detonation of the cache. Another tip from the informant led the Coalition Soldiers to an individual who is suspected to have ties to the cache and the leader of an anti-Iraqi terrorism cell in the province. The suspected insurgent was taken to a nearby military facility for further questioning.

10 May - Elements of the 6th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, and 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, seized a large cache of deadly explosives in a residence in eastern Baghdad. The search in the New Baghdad neighborhood by the National police and Soldiers resulted in the discovery of 142 land mines, 58 blocks of C4 explosives, approximately 8,000 feet of detonation cord, 107 fuses, 22 rocket-propelled grenades, a launcher, 59 mortars, 40 pounds of mortar propellant, four shape charges, 43 blasting caps, explosive-formed projectile materials, two gas masks, six two-way radios, multiple mortar launching tubes, maps of Baghdad and Iraq and insurgent literature. The operation took place with no rounds fired and no injuries. Three men were detained in connection with the cache. One female was detained and then released to a local leader under house arrest. A group of more than 300 residents gathered in the area. A local Imam and civic leaders ensured that the group demonstrating did not turn violent. Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel removed and destroyed the explosives from the house.

11 May - Iraqi Police killed two terrorists when the two men attacked a police patrol in Tal Afar. Task Force Band of Brothers Soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division arrived on scene to assist the police and conducted a search of the building the terrorists were using. The Soldiers uncovered a false wall that led to a tunnel system and another hidden door that opened into a room used as clandestine sleeping quarters. The "Ready First" Soldiers discovered a variety of weapons and munitions scattered about the tunnel and underground room. A Katusha rocket, 10 rifle grenades, four mortar rounds, three IEDs and two mortar tubes were seized. An explosive ordnance disposal team conducted a controlled detonation of the weapons and munitions, destroying the house and tunnel system to prevent terrorists from using them again. Three police officers were wounded in the initial attack and transported to the Tal Afar hospital.