Friday, October 10, 2008

PHOTOS: Iraqi National Police patrol Hayy Aamel to disrupt, destroy enemy

By Staff Sgt. Brent Williams

1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B


FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq - 1st Lt. Allaa, an Iraqi National Police platoon leader assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, meets with local Iraqi business owners outside their shops lining a market street in Hayy Aamel located in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad. The Iraqi NPs went door-to-door and through streets and alleyways during a combined patrol with Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.





FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq - Iraqi National Policemen from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, search through the trunk of a car during a random house search in the Hayy Aamel community of the Rashid district in southern Baghdad. The NPs conduct daily combined patrols with Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, to reinforce ongoing security efforts in the neighborhoods and communities in Baghdad.





FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq - An Iraqi family from the Aamel community of the Rashid district in southern Baghdad, makes Jouraak bread from Tawlyats, or trays of dough, in a family-owned Ferin, or bakery. The Iraqis make the bread in Hajary ovens, which are clay ovens that fire use fire and stone to make the biscuit-like cookies that are often covered in cheese, sugar or spice.





FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq - Iraqi National Police of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, buy Jouraak, cookie-like biscuits covered in cheese, sugar or spice, from a local Iraqi Ferin, or bakery in the Aamel community of the Rashid district in southern Baghdad. The Iraqi National Policemen visit local business places, shops and restaurants to check on the local Iraqi entrepreneurs in their communities. They often purchase form the local vendors, who offer the food for free, but the NPs of the 2nd Bn., 5th Bde., 2nd NP Div., insist on paying dinar for the services.





FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq - An Iraqi National Policeman from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, searches the roof of an Iraqi residence in the Hayy Aamel community of the Rashid district in southern Baghdad during a combined patrol with Soldiers of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.





FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq - An Iraqi National Policeman from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, mans an Iraqi Security Forces check point in the Aamel community of the Rashid district in southern Baghdad. The ISF traffic control points are spread throughout Baghdad neighborhoods and communities to help reinforce continuing gains in peace and stability.





FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq - Soldiers of Company D, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, attached to the 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, provide security for Iraqi National Police conducting a dismounted patrol to disrupt and destroy enemy activity in the Aamel community of the Rashid district. The Soldiers of the "Raider" Brigade conduct daily combined security operations to help the Iraqi Security Forces transition into a lead role throughout southern Baghdad.

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