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“BULLDOG” BRIGADE DETAINS 43, CAPTURES WEAPONS CACHES
CENTCOM ^ | Dec. 7, 2003

Posted on 12/07/2003 9:56:45 AM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl

CENTCOM
NEWS RELEASE
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December 7, 2003
Release Number: 03-12-15


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


“BULLDOG” BRIGADE DETAINS 43, CAPTURES WEAPONS CACHES

BAGHDAD, IRAQ – Soldiers from Task Force 1st Armored Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team struck at insurgent elements in the Al Mansor district on the west side of the city Thursday.

The operation, part of Task Force 1st Armored Division’s Operation “Iron Justice,” included 3rd Brigade units, attack helicopters, military police elements, and 300 Iraqi Civil Defense Corps guardsmen.

More than 1,200 apartments in 36 buildings and 52 other structures were scoured for suspected insurgent forces and criminals, illegal weapons, bomb making materials and propaganda from the former regime.

Soldiers detained 43 people, six suspected of attacking Coalition Forces with improvised explosive devices (IEDs), three of firing mortars at Coalition installations, and two were apprehended for rocket-propelled grenade attacks. Twenty-three people were detained for weapons law violations and 11 for interfering with Coalition operations. One suspected arms dealer was detained.

Military Police from the 709th Military Police Company detained three suspected members of a cell responsible for recent attacks in the district and at local market places.

The operation netted 215 illegal AK 47 assault rifles, 10 other types of military rifles, four machineguns, one shotgun, various weapons parts, nine assorted pistols and 10 hand grenades. An undetermined amount of ammunition, including some armor-piercing rounds, was also confiscated. Soldiers also seized 10 rocket-propelled grenade launcher sights, 12 mortar sights, a Soviet-made night vision device and four mortar aiming stakes. In addition to the weapons, the operation netted assorted electronic components, which could be used in making IEDs, three chemical protective masks, 24 individual body armor plates, assorted Saddam Hussein paraphernalia and 16 cases of U.S. meals ready-to-eat (MREs).

During the operation, a community resident tipped off the soldiers to the location of a weapons cache. Military Police found a bag of rocket-propelled grenade propellant, eight mortar fuses and 225 hand grenade fuses.

1st Armored Division’s Operation Iron Justice is ongoing and will continue to target criminal and enemy elements in the Baghdad area.



TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cache; goodnews; iraq; ironjustice

1 posted on 12/07/2003 9:56:47 AM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl
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To: MJY1288; Calpernia; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; TexKat; Ernest_at_the_Beach; BOBTHENAILER; ...
....An undetermined amount of ammunition, including some armor-piercing rounds, was also confiscated. Soldiers also seized 10 rocket-propelled grenade launcher sights, 12 mortar sights, a Soviet-made night vision device and four mortar aiming stakes. In addition to the weapons, the operation netted assorted electronic components, which could be used in making IEDs, three chemical protective masks, 24 individual body armor plates, assorted Saddam Hussein paraphernalia and 16 cases of U.S. meals ready-to-eat (MREs).

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Security recap of the 1st Armored Division 3rd Brigade Combat Team's good work in the Al Mansor district of Baghdad on Thursday.
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2 posted on 12/07/2003 10:06:46 AM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl ( "Our military is full of the finest people on the face of the earth." ~ Pres. Bush, Baghdad)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
I thought AK-47s were legal for self-defense in Iraq? Is this is new policy, or were they taken because of who had them I wonder?
3 posted on 12/07/2003 10:12:40 AM PST by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: Travis McGee
Good question. I suspect these particular weapons were confiscated because they belonged to bad guys.

According to Maj. Gen. Odierno yesterday, aggressively going after Saddam's loyalists, resulted in an increase in the number of Iraqis coming forward with intel recently.

Imagine what they'll do when we give them Saddam, alive ~ or not.

4 posted on 12/07/2003 10:47:38 AM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl ( "Our military is full of the finest people on the face of the earth." ~ Pres. Bush, Baghdad)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Security recap of the 1st Armored Division 3rd Brigade Combat Team's good work in the Al Mansor district of Baghdad on Thursday ~ Bump!
5 posted on 12/07/2003 11:15:49 AM PST by blackie
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
We are slowly but surely boxing them in.
6 posted on 12/07/2003 12:14:31 PM PST by whizzer
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Bump
7 posted on 12/07/2003 12:20:04 PM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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To: Travis McGee
I believe the rule is (or was) that each citizen was allowed to have one (1) AK-47 for self-defense purposes. It was probably the illegal arms dealer that had 215 of them.
8 posted on 12/07/2003 12:28:31 PM PST by johnb838 (Mr Bush, build *us* a wall...)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Yep! And thanks for posting these!
9 posted on 12/07/2003 1:09:37 PM PST by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: johnb838
Correct. Or the found a cache or armory.
10 posted on 12/07/2003 1:10:26 PM PST by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
and 16 cases of U.S. meals ready-to-eat (MREs).

This really burns my biscuits.

11 posted on 12/07/2003 1:39:42 PM PST by Gumption
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Soldiers detained 43 people, six suspected of attacking Coalition Forces with improvised explosive devices (IEDs), three of firing mortars at Coalition installations, and two were apprehended for rocket-propelled grenade attacks. Twenty-three people were detained for weapons law violations and 11 for interfering with Coalition operations. One suspected arms dealer was detained.

Dan Rather is on suicide watch.

12 posted on 12/07/2003 4:30:50 PM PST by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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To: Gumption
and 16 cases of U.S. meals ready-to-eat (MREs).

This really burns my biscuits.

Because the press still refuses to report these WMD? ;^)

13 posted on 12/07/2003 4:39:50 PM PST by e_engineer
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Good job!
14 posted on 12/07/2003 5:00:13 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Gumption
This really burns my biscuits.

These were probably stolen from one of the supply convoys. There were pictures of a lot of looting going on.

15 posted on 12/07/2003 5:13:12 PM PST by McGavin999
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Bump!
16 posted on 12/07/2003 7:55:13 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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