U.S. troops sweep through Baghdad apartment complex in raid

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

http://www.oudaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/12/05/3fd004b7b1928

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A heavy force of American soldiers searched more than 2,400 apartments early Thursday morning in a slum near the Abu Ghraib prison, a source of serious trouble since American forces arrived in Baghdad.

Col. Russ Gold of West Palm Beach, Fla., led 1,450 soldiers from the Army's 1st Armored and 82nd Airborne divisions in the raid. Bradley fighting vehicles and military police armored Humvees sealed off every intersection leading into and out of the complex. The infantry swept in as M1A2 Abrams tanks and other Bradleys covered the garbage-strewn open areas around the complex. Soldiers said raids on homes and tips from Iraqis were helping to quell attacks on U.S. forces.

The soldiers participating on the raid were from the 3rd, or Bulldog, Brigade of the 1st Armored Division, based at Fort Riley, Kan., and a battalion of the 82nd Airborne Division, the 1st Battalion 325th Airborne, commanded by Lt. Col. Eric Nantz of Morgantown, N.C. The battalion is attached to the 3rd Brigade.
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