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Iraq
More Dead Terrs in Mosul
2003-12-17
Adding to the total, thanks to the 101st!
Soldiers of the 3rd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) found a weapons cache at a fire station in the vicinity of Tal Afar. The cache was a mix of 20 total live rounds (RPG rounds and hand grenades), and some display rounds used by the locals to help children identify the different types of ordnance in Iraq. It was not an enemy cache. Locals had been using the station as a drop-off point for about two weeks and led Coalition forces to the location. Explosive ordnance disposal teams disposed of the cache.

Soldiers of the 3rd Brigade also completed a cordon and knock operation in Domice to detain personnel believed to be involved in a rocket attack against a tactical operations center in the area. They searched four houses and detained seven people. There were no U.S. casualties reported.

Soldiers from 1st Brigade discovered 25 mortar rounds near the city of Qayarrah. An individual led them to the site and will be rewarded for his assistance. The division’s 1st Brigade also opened a newly renovated school in its AO.

Soldiers from 2nd Brigade killed three attackers and wounded one who conducted a drive-by shooting in Mosul. Five individuals in a white car conducted a drive-by attack with small arms. Soldiers returned fire with a .50 cal. and M249, which stopped the car. One individual fled on foot. Soldiers evacuated casualties to the 21st Combat Support Hospital, where one died later. No U.S. casualties were reported. Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade also reported that they had detained an individual with possible ties to Fedayeen and Wahhabi during a cordon and knock search in Western Mosul. Soldiers also found two AK-47s and three full magazines. Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade also conducted a series of cordon and knock operations to detain individuals wanted for planning and conducting attacks against Coalition Forces. The brigade captured all nine individuals with no U. S. casualties reported.

In addition to security operations, the Mosul Public Safety Academy, which is over watched by 101st soldiers, graduated 70 policemen from an investigation course at the Mosul Police Academy. An Iraqi Civil Defense Corps company, trained by soldiers of the 101st, also graduated today and will work in Mosul.
Posted by:Chuck Simmins

#1  The .50 and M-249 SAW will stop just about anything w/o armor.
Posted by: Sparks   2003-12-17 3:29:48 PM  

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