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Iraq
Iraqi Army, Coalition Forces oust insurgents in Hawr Rajab, Arab Jabour
2007-12-11
Several Iraqi Army and Coalition Forces operations led to the reduction of enemy fighters and insurgent resources Dec. 5 in Hawr Rajab and Arab Jabour.

In Hawr Rajab, Soldiers of Troop B, 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, from Fort Stewart, Ga., detained four individuals during Operation Rounders, an overnight operation involving a neighborhood search for insurgents and weapons. “This is pushing our operations into the east,” said 1st Lt. Ryan Resslera, from Cincinnati, Ohio, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 6-8th Cav. Regt., executive officer. “This is giving us a foothold to better help the people.”

The four detainees were taken in for questioning at Forward Operating Base Falcon.

In another mission in Hawr Rajab, an Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon supporting the 6-8th Cav. Regt. destroyed an illegal canal crossing point with a GBU-31 laser guided smart bomb. Such crossings are often used by insurgent forces to circumnavigate Coalition Force checkpoints.

In Arab Jabour, Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, conducted several operations to eliminate insurgent resources. Soldiers of Company C, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment located an improvised explosive device while conducting a presence patrol in the area. The IED consisted of two 57 mm projectiles attached to a detonation cord.

Another IED was discovered by Concerned Local Citizens and reported to Soldiers of Company B, 1-30th Inf. Regt. While investigating the initial IED, an explosive ordnance disposal team in support of the Soldiers located a cache of 100 pounds of unknown bulk explosives. Both the IED, which consisted of one anti-personnel mine with two 155 mm artillery rounds stacked beneath, and the explosives were destroyed in a controlled detonation.

Nearby, CLCs also discovered another weapons cache. The cache consisted of four 120 mm mortar rounds, two 60 mm mortar rounds, two 57 mm projectiles with detonation cord attached and one rocket-propelled grenade. The citizens took the cache to Soldiers of Company D, 1-30th Inf. Regt., who were conducting an overwatch in the area.
"Here you are, sirs. Where would you like them?"
"Ummm, over there. Way over there."
In a separate event, an air weapons team was called in by Soldiers of the 833rd Military Transition Team. The team, which is training Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 8th Iraqi Army Division, called for the strike after being engaged by small-arms fire from two buildings and two mud huts. The structures were engaged by an Apache helicopterÂ’s 30 mm cannons and Hellfire missiles, killing three insurgents. No Coalition Forces were injured in the attack.
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