101ST, NEW IRAQI SECURITY FORCES FIND CACHES, DETAIN CRIMINALS

CENTCOM ^ | November 9, 2003

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

NEWS RELEASE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND 7115 South Boundary Boulevard MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101 Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894

November 9, 2003
Release Number: 03-11-06


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


101ST, NEW IRAQI SECURITY FORCES FIND CACHES, DETAIN CRIMINALS

MOSUL, IRAQ – The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) soldiers and Iraqi security forces confiscated two weapons caches and detained 13 individuals during routine patrols conducted Nov. 8 in northern Iraq.

The new Sinjar Police arrested eight people who were conducting an illegal checkpoint yesterday afternoon, and turned them over to Coalition forces as the detainees claimed affiliation with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.

During the same time period, a U.S. patrol discovered a cache of 30 rounds of 60 mm mortar south of Mosul.

In a separate incident the Coalition for Iraqi National Unity turned in 42 rocket-propelled grenade launchers, two RPG boosters, six RPG rounds and four heavy machine guns to U.S. forces northwest of Mosul.

Three individuals were detained at a checkpoint in Mosul last night for illegal weapons possession and were taken to a Mosul police station.

Additionally, the Iraqi Border Patrol apprehended two smugglers on the Iraq-Syria border for attempting to move 15 barrels of gasoline across the border on nine donkeys.

The Iraqi border guards and the Mosul and Sinjar police forces, trained by the 101st Airborne Division, continue to demonstrate the ability to conduct successful security operations in their areas.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

MOSUL, IRAQ – The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) soldiers and Iraqi security forces confiscated two weapons caches and detained 13 individuals during routine patrols conducted Nov. 8 in northern Iraq.

The new Sinjar Police arrested eight people who were conducting an illegal checkpoint yesterday afternoon, and turned them over to Coalition forces...

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[JasonC]

"42 rocket-propelled grenade launchers, two RPG boosters, six RPG rounds"

This makes no sense. 42 launchers and 6 actual grenades? I suspect something got misunderstood along the chain of transcribing. Perhaps 2 launchers with 3 rounds apiece, plus a cache of 42 rounds - or perhaps the 42 were just ordinary grenades...

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