IED emplacers captured, arms cache seized

Time to break out the bras and dance music.....

BAGHDAD, July 23 (KUNA) -- U.S. Soldiers captured nine individuals July 22 after they were seen placing an improvised explosive device (IED), Coalition forces said in a statement circulated here on Sunday. The Soldiers observed two vehicles pull to the side of a road north of Forward Operating Base Kalsu, said the press release, adding that nine men armed with AK-47 rifles exited the vehicles and began placing an improvised explosive device. The Soldiers engaged the men with small arms fire, wounding several. The other four fled the scene and were captured by another U.S. patrol. One of the four was found to be wounded. The six wounded individuals were taken to the 86th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad. The remaining three are being held for questioning. In another development US troops detained 100 individuals and confiscated large quantity of weapons and explosives in search operations in west Iraq.