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The two pilots survived and were transported to a Camp Taji medical
facility. The aircraft was conducting a combat air patrol. The cause of
the incident is unknown, officials said. A MNDB quick reaction force and
a downed aircraft recovery team secured the area. Additional
information is being withheld pending investigation.

In other new from Iraq, Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers
detained five suspected terrorists and discovered two caches containing
bomb-making materials yesterday in Baghdad. Three of the suspects are
believed to be foreign fighters, officials said.

Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 4th Infantry Division, uncovered 130 mm mortars, 57 mm
anti-aircraft rounds, 20 and 30 mm anti-aircraft rounds, as well as several other
bomb-making materials.

Also, coalition forces killed a terrorist and detained seven others
following a small-arms firefight outside the Al Abbas Mosque in central
Baghdad July 11.

Following the firefight, the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry
Division soldiers and Iraqi policemen from 6th Brigade, 2nd National Police
Division, cordoned off the mosque and questioned the imam about the
gunmen.

The Iraqi commander of responded to the scene and spoke to the imam.
Following their conversation, the imam agreed to cooperate with the U.S.
soldiers and turned over rifles, machine guns, a rocket-propelled
grenade, and the body of the dead terrorist. The soldiers also found rifles
and machine guns in a vehicle used by the terrorists. No coalition or
Iraqi security forces were killed or injured in the incident.

In a separate incident, Iraqi and coalitions forces detained nine
terrorists in Baghdad on July 11.
Iraqi soldiers from 1st Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, Iraqi
policemen, and U.S. soldiers from Multinational Division Baghdad's 4th Brigade
Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, captured the terrorists, who are
believed to have been preparing for an attack in the western Baghdad
neighborhood of Ameriya, officials said.

After receiving a report from an Iraqi army commander that men with
mortars were seen near the Maluki Mosque, soldiers from 1st Battalion,
12th Infantry Regiment, were informed that Iraqi police were attacked by
small-arms fire as they came upon the terrorists while on patrol. Four
police officers were killed and eight were wounded. Two police trucks
and a civilian truck were also burned in the firefight, U.S. officials
said.

Later, a firefight began in an area several blocks north as 8th
Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, soldiers pursued eight terrorists. One
terrorist was killed as soldiers returned his fire. The soldiers from
followed two more terrorists to another building located several blocks east,
where the soldiers discovered six more terrorists. A cordon was set
around the area, and Iraqi soldiers and police and U.S. soldiers searched
the building.

The soldiers found a wounded terrorist and eight others attempting to
provide aid. A U.S. Army medic provided first aid to the wounded man
before he was detained for questioning. Iraqi authorities took the wounded
man and the eight others into custody.

Also on July 11, an Iraqi civilian was rescued from his kidnappers by
soldiers of 9th Iraqi Army Division, and Multi-National Division
Baghdad's 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th
Infantry Division, during an unplanned cordon-and-search operation in
Masara village, in the northwestern area of Baghdad.

The kidnappers were captured during the operation and are in custody.
No injuries or damage to MNDB personnel or equipment were reported.

In addition, Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers recovered a
makeshift bomb south of Baghdad on July 10. The soldiers observed two
suspicious men digging on the side of the road and sent a quick reaction force
to the location. Before they arrived, MNDB soldiers observed the
suspicious individuals enter a van and speed off. When the soldiers, from 1st
Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry
Division, arrived on the scene where the van was initially spotted, they
found makeshift bomb-making materials.

Later that day the van was spotted by coalition helicopters patrolling
the area. The soldiers responded and cordoned off the area. An
explosive ordnance disposal team was called to the area to conduct a controlled
detonation to destroy the van. No injuries or damage to MNDB personnel