CHICAGO, Jan 26 (Reuters) - A U.S. Army infantryman whose unit was about to be sent to Iraq for a second time was taken into custody after making bomb threats aimed at disrupting the deployment, officials at Fort Campbell in Kentucky said on Wednesday.

Specialist Rodney Whitacre, 26, of Decatur, Illinois, was detained on Sunday while "he was on the phone making the alleged threats to an Army-wide counseling service," the post said in a news release.

The threats, it said, were "in reference to his unit's deployment to Iraq." No other details were divulged.

No explosives were found during a search of his room and the aircraft being used in the deployment, the announcement said. The Third Infantry Division of which he was a member continued the move to Iraq.